Individual Details

The 1880 Census revealed parents for Willie - she was named for her father. This may not be her family......
Big Creek Twp, Sebastian Co, AR, Hh 332
Williams Rains, age 40, farmer, b. NC, parents b. NC
Elizabeth, wife, age 36, b. NC, her parents b. NC
Eugenia, age 19, dau, b. NC. Sarah C. 18, dau., b. NC
Willie J., 9, dau, b. Texas
Wm H. Rains, 5, son, b. TX
Ida E., age 2 months, b. Apr, dau, b. AR

In 1900, Willie was yet unmarried.
Paris, Ward 4, Lamar Co, TX, Hh 289
Mary E. Raines, b. Feb 1846, age 53, Widow, 6 children [apparently counted only those living with her], b. TN, father b. TN, mother b. VA
Willie, dau, b. Oct 1868, age 32, , b. TX, father b. KY, mother b. TN [I think both wrong!]
All the others listed as born in TX.
Lenard, son, b. Feb 1873, age 27 Note: This may be a second wife with stepchildren.
Tommie L, dau, b. Aug 1875, 24
Cora, dau, b. Feb 1880, age 20
Russell, son, b. Feb 1882, age 18
Robert, son, b. Jul 1883, age 16

Interment Record for Willie Raines Holderness
Name: Willie Raines Holderness
Born: 5 Oct 1869
Died: 29 Dec 1946
Buried: Evergreen
Location: 20-36-02
Notes: THE PARIS NEWS Mon., Dec. 30, 1946. 'Mrs. T.B. Holderness, 252-8th NE, died of a heart attack at home at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 29. She was formerly Miss Willie Raines, daughter of the late R. and Mary E. Raines, and was born Oct. 5, 1869, in Hopkins County. She had lived in Lamar County most of her life and was a member of the First Methodist Church and of Paris Rebecca Lodge No. 20. The funeral, conducted by the Rev. Walter Vanderpool of First Methodist Church and the Rev. Ben Bell of Calvary Methodist Church was set for 4 p.m. Monday at Manton-Fry Funeral Home with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Named as pallbearers were O.W. Nowlin, Luther Higgs, Harvey Loyless, Sam Pointer, Ola Gain and C.B. Harris. Besides her husband, Mrs. Holderness leaves these sisters, and brothers: Mrs. W.L. Nettles and Leonard Raines, Paris; Mrs. Guy Fay, Tulsa, Ok, and R.G. Raines, Ardmore, OK.'

Death Certificate:
#2218504
Certificate #56224
Lamar Co Paris 525 8th St, N.E.
Willie Raines Holderness, residence for 70 yr
Female, White, Married d. 29 Dec 1946
b. 5 Oct 1869 77y 2m 24d
Housewife, b. Hopkins Co TX
Father: R. Raines, b. KY
Mother: Mary E. Anderson, b. TN
Informant: L. Raines, 736 E. Washington, Paris, TX
Attended on 29 Dec 1946 d. at 7:30 AM
Cardio Renal disease with acute failure 5 yrs
M.A.Walker, MD
Buried Evergreen Cemetery, Paris Dec 30, 1946
Manton Fry Co, Paris

Birth	5 Oct 1869	Hopkins County, Texas
Marriage	13 Oct 1901	Hopkins County, Texas - Thomas Brooks Holderness
Death	29 Dec 1946	Paris, Lamar County, Texas

Spouse	Thomas Brooks Holderness (1869 - 1952)
Child	Robert Russell Holderness (1902 - 1926)