Everett Jamison "E.J." Holgate

Funeral Services for Mr. Everett J. “E.J.” Holgate, 90, who entered into rest January 10, 2024, will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 2:30 pm from Grace United Methodist Church. The Rev. Dr. Cathy Jamieson officiating. Interment will follow in Pineview Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday evening from 6 until 8 pm. Mr. Holgate was born March 21, 1933, in Mount Vernon, SD. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City, SD in 1955. Mr. Holgate began his 33-year career with E.I. Dupont at the Savannah River Plant in Aiken, SC. He interrupted his engineering career in 1957 with a short service as a Second Lt. in the Corp of Engineer at Fort Belvoir, Washington, DC. With SRP, for 17 years of his career, he provided technical support to the reactor operation as an engineer in the Reactor Technology Department. Mr. Holgate spent the last 17 years of his career in the Project Department providing engineering designs throughout different areas of the plant. He retired as a Division Engineer over the reactor areas in 1989. In 1980, he designed and built an energy efficient house incorporating the principals of solar energy. As a church and community leader, Mr. Holgate served as chairman of several committees at Grace United Methodist Church. He and his wife, Shirley, were honored by the North Augusta Chamber of Commerce in 2007 as “Citizens Of The Year” for their community activities. In retirement, travel provided the Holgates with much interest and pleasure until Mrs. Holgate’s death on February 11, 2015. Survivors include three sons, Henry Todd Holgate of Evans, GA, Eric Jamison Holgate (Carolyn) of North Augusta, SC, and Jay Everett Holgate (Kim) of Jacksonville, FL; two sisters, Mary Holgate Geppart and Holly Holgate Walton; five grandchildren, Kenneth Todd Holgate (Megan), Jamison Holgate Fletcher (Will), Ashley Holgate Rickard (Adam), Chandler Bartlett Holgate, and Jackson Thomas Holgate; and five great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Kenneth T. Holgate, Chandler B. Holgate, Brennen T. Holgate, William L. Fletcher, Adam J. Rickard, David L. Heath, Steve McLemore and Richard W. Sams, II. Memorial donations may be made to Grace United Methodist Church 639 Georgia Avenue, North Augusta, SC 29841 or to a charity of your choice. Posey Funeral Directors of North Augusta is in charge of arrangements (803)278-1181.

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Everett Jamison "E.J." Holgate

March 21, 1933 - January 10, 2024