Barbara Gail Boren and her twin brother Kenneth Dale Boren were born on November 30th, 1937 to Elvin Orace Boren and Flora Arnetta Wilson in Howe, Texas. They were two of five children. Gail grew up in Celina, Texas and always made it known that she was proud to be a Bobcat. She married Clarence Lee Watson known as (SONNY) her high school sweetheart in January of 1960 until his unexpected death in May of 1961. On September 3, 1964 Gail married James Edward Holt of Celina and together they raised six children and later became parents of another daughter Dorothy Faye in Plano, Texas. They wee married 47 years and lived the last 20 years in Wylie, Texas. Gail has four daughters, Trina Darlene Kinser and her son in law Rusty Kinser of Wylie, Texas, Debra Sue Richardson of Plano, Texas, Christie Lee Smith and her son-in-law Keith Smith of Prosper, Texas, Dorothy Faye Watkins of Wylie. She had three sons, Jimmy Don Holt and her daughter-in-law Melissa Holt of Josephine, Texas, and proceeded in death by two sons, Robert Edward Holt and James Laney Holt. Gail is survived by her twin brother, Kenneth Dale Boren and sister-in-law Nancy Boren of Lewisville, Texas, brother-in-law, Ray Hopkins of Plano, Texas, sister-in-law, Kathy Boren of Argyle, Texas, brother and sister-in-law Kathy Boren of Argyle, Texas, brother and sister-in-law Leon and Paulette Andrews of McKinney, Texas, Sylvia Watson of Denton, Texas, brother and sister-in-law, Steve and Delores Holt of Celina, brother and sister-in-law, Monroe and Debbie Holt of Ft, Worth, Texas, sister-in-law Kay Holt of McKinney, Texas, Wanda Moore of McKinney, Texas and sister-in-law, Deena Smith of Celina, Texas., and many special nieces and nephews. In addition to her two sons, Gail is preceded in death by her husband, James Edward Holt, sister and brother-in-law, Dee and June Burkholder, sister, Shirley Hopkins, brother Leon Boren, her parents, Arnetta Reagan, J. C. Reagan, Elvin and Dottie Boren, mothers and fathers-in-law , Irene and Woodrow Holt and M. O. and Imogene Watson and brother-in-law, James Moore of McKinney, Texas. Barbara Gail Holt’s most famous role was that of GRANNY. She had 20 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren which she dedicated her life to and as perfectly stated by her twin brother, Ken, “Gail would have been lost without them.”. She saw one or more, most often more, of her grandchildren and great grandchildren, every day of her granny life. She had unrelentless love and understanding for all of them and she was the person her grandchildren could always count on for advice, help, or a really good laugh. Granny was a special person who was a giver in life and in turn she received lots of love. It never mattered how small or big the grandchildren grew, you were never too old to sleep with Granny. Gail was a big joker with everyone and used to go back and forth during sports with her brothers during the games. She always let her twin brother, Ken, know that he was 5 minutes older than her. Gail had a passion for basketball and also loved football, NASCAR, golf, and baseball, in the playoffs. She was once asked by one of her grandchildren when she was going to start watching competitive kite flying. She loved poker and was an excellent scrabble player. Gail was a competitor in all sports and games. She absolutely did not like to lose. She was a high school basketball star in Celina and believed she would have had a full scholarship if she had been a boy. She was known to have a deadly elbow that most basketball players stayed away from as she had a metal plate in her elbow and she used it to her advantage. She always got mad if there were 3 sports playing at the same time. Her favorite team was the Dallas Mavericks and she loved Dirk (as she called him Kirk) Nowenski. She loved the NBA playoffs and wanted to see Kirk get his ring. Gail had a strong belief in Jesus Christ and believed that God made miracles happen. She used to say to her children and grandchildren that “God makes miracles happen”. One of her granddaughters, Tyler, told her about a lady in the nursing home that suddenly could raise her head and neck up and said all the nurses had been praying for her. Granny said, “I believe it was a miracle”. Gail had a lot of special people in her life and often commented on some of those people to us growing up and over the years. She would say that our MAMAW Watson was a Saint, that our uncle Leon Andrews was a great man, that our Granny Irene was strong woman, that her granddaughter, Reagan was a giving person, that her grandson, Sean, would on day be a great father, that her sister Shirley was crazy and that her mother Arnetta was ornery.