Funeral On Saturday For Motorcyclist Killed In Bartow Crash

ADAIRSVILLE, GA — The family of an Adairsville man who died Friday in a two-vehicle crash will hold a funeral for their loved one on Saturday. The service for Justin Holder, 27, will be held at 11 a.m. June 16 in the chapel of Parnick Jennings Funeral Home and Cremation Services.

Interment will follow at Salacoa Baptist Church Cemetery in Waleska. The family will also receive friends from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, June 15 at the funeral home at 430 Cassville Road in Cartersville.

Bartow County EMS and Fire Department crews were dispatched to the crash around 6:20 a.m. June 8 involving a motorcycle and passenger vehicle on Ga. 140 at Joe Frank Harris Parkway/U.S. 41/Ga. 3. According to the Georgia State Patrol, a passenger vehicle was traveling southbound on U.S. 41/Ga. 3 and was trying to turn left onto Ga. 140 while the motorcycle was going northbound on Ga. 3.

The driver of the passenger car, identified as Sandra Morris, "failed to yield" to the motorcycle operated by Holder and collided with the bike in the intersection, the state patrol previously said. The vehicle driven by Morris came to a rest in the gore on the eastbound side of Ga. 140 while the motorcycle came to a rest on its side in the intersection. Holder died just after the collision, which remains under investigation by the Georgia State Patrol.

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According to his obituary, Holder was born on June 16, 1990, to Joey and Wendy Holder in Calhoun. He was employed with LG Hausys in the shipping and receiving department. He was a graduate of Adairsville High School where he was involved in the band and drumline. He enjoyed riding his motorcycle, playing his guitar and was an accomplished drummer, his obit adds.

Holder is preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Doyle Miller Holder and Shirley Ann Holder, and uncle, Gary Lee Holder. He is survived by wife, Kayla Holder of Adairsville; daughter, Rachel Holder; parents, Joey and Wendy Holder of Adairsville; sister, Lindy Holder of Adairsville; maternal grandparents, Benny and Sue Anderson of Cartersville; uncles and aunts, Robby Holder of Adairsville, Lamar Anderson of Cartersville, Shannon Amos of Cartersville and Cathy Taylor of Whitesburg; and numerous cousins.

A GoFundMe account has been created to help Holder's family pay for funeral expenses. You can click here to consider making a donation.

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