Individual Details

The Daily Constitution, Atlanta, GA. 24 Aug 1921
TO OGLETHORPE FOUNDERS BOARD
Two additions were made Tuesday to the board of founders of Oglethorpe university. They are Sidney Holderness Jr. of Carrollton, and Samuel M. Weyman, of Atlanta. Mr. Holderness graduated in the 1920 class. Mr. Weyman is at present a member of the sophomore class. Both are sons of men who were early interested in the school.

By 1930, Sidney was no longer living with his parents. I did find this Sidney, born the same year, but his place of birth is different. This would seem to be the Sidney Scott Holderness buried in San Diego - see below.
Long Beach City, Los Angeles Co, CA. Long Beach Twp. Hh 32
Sidney S. Holderness, age 31, married at age 25. Born Oregon, father b. GA, mother b. TX. He was Physical Director for the public schools.
Glenwood, wife, age 37, married at age 31. Born CA, father b. Illinois, mother b. Wisconsin.

Is this Sidney?
City Directory, Tampa, FL, 1932
Holderness, Sidney (Cath. C) associate lawyer, Sparkman & Knight. Home: 4811 Woodmere Rd.

US National Archives & Records Administration
File Unit Title: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946
Record Group 64
Sidney Holderness Jr. Serial Number 34444683. Residence Carroll Co, Georgia. Enlisted on 29 Sept 1942 at Ft. McPherson, Atlanta, GA, as a Private. He was born in Georgia in 1899. His civilian occupation was Attorney and he was married.
Enlistment Record on Amazon.com
Sidney had 4 years of college; he was 65 in. tall and weight 129 pounds.

Georgia Supreme Court Reports
FIRST NATIONAL BANK v. HOLDERNESS, 189 Ga. 819 (1940)
13131.
FEBRUARY 14, 1940. REHEARING DENIED MARCH 15, 1940.
Sidney Holderness Jr. filed his petition in equity against the First National Bank of Atlanta as the executor of the estate of his father, Sidney Holderness Sr., against his sister, Mrs. Clare H. Pittman, and himself, and against Mrs. Pittman and himself as the guardians of their mother, Mrs. Ada L. Holderness. It was alleged that the defendants other than the bank were the heirs at law of Sidney Holderness Sr. The suit was filed in Carroll superior court, in which county Sidney Holderness Jr., his mother, and his sister were residents, but the First National Bank of Atlanta was a resident of Fulton County. The plaintiff alleged, that his father died in July, 1939, leaving a will appointing the First National Bank of Atlanta as executor and trustee of his estate; that sometime before the death of his father, the plaintiff, who was a practicing attorney, was persuaded by his father to forsake the practice of law and take up the management, control, and operation of his father's extensive farming interests; that after much persuasion he gave up the practice of law and went to the farm of his father, located in Douglas County, took charge of it, and has been operating it continuously since that time; that he took charge of the farm under an agreement with his father that the father would equip the farm with sufficient stock, tools, and implements to operate the farm, and, "if petitioner would go to his farm and do these things and look after it, that he would give the farm to your petitioner together with the implements, feed, mules, tractor, and other equipment thereon, necessary to operate the farm, and leave it to him as his own in fee simple, at his death, agreeing that whatever was on the farm at the time of his death should be petitioner's in fee simple, and unencumbered." Pursuant to and relying upon this agreement, the plaintiff went to said Douglas County farm and fully carried out his agreement with his father. For some reason unknown to petitioner, his father died without having previously executed a deed.

Georgia Death Index, Ancestry.com.
Sidney Holderness, died 14 Feb 1974, age 74 years, Carroll Co, GA.


Lawrence Maynard sent me birth and death dates from Carroll Co GA Cemeteries
which does not agree with the following listing on FindAGrave. There were unrelated Holderness families in California but it seems odd that there would be one also named Sidney so near the same age. However, this does seem to be the case.
Findagrave.com:
Sidney Scott Holderness
Birth: May 1, 1899 Death: May 13, 1965
Burial: Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery
San Diego, San Diego County
California, USA
Plot: PS-2, 224-A
His spouse was Bernice Buron.

Birth	11 Dec 1899	Georgia
Death	14 Feb 1974

Father	Sidney Holderness Sr. (1864 - 1939)
Mother	Ada Clare Long (1871 - 1940)
Sibling	Ben Scott Holderness (1895 - 1896)
Sibling	Clare Holderness (1897 - 1943)