Individual Details

1900 Census. Fordyce Twp, Dallas Co, AR, Hh 81
Robt T. Holderness, b. Feb 1870, 30, married 5 years, Druggist
Elizabeth, wife, b. Aug 1874, 25, 3 children
Robt T., son, b. Sep 1896, 3
Catharine, dau, b. Apr 1898, 2
Thomas S., son, b. Apr 1900, one month

Will proved 4 April 1910. Dallas County, AR. Record Book D, p.40.
Provides for wife Elizabeth Simms Holderness; she is to be executrix without bond. Names Robert T., Jr., Catherine, Thomas Simms, and Sidney - to be paid $1 each. Does not name a daughter Mary Elizabeth - she died as an infant.

Buried Oakland Cemetery, Fordyce, Dallas Co AR.

Pine Bluff Daily/Weekly Graphic, Wednesday, 23 Mar 1910, p.2
Robert T. Holderness Dies at Fordyce
Was a Brother of Harry I. and James Holderness of this city, and a Prominent and Popular Business Man
Robert T. Holderness 40 years old, one of the most prominent residents of Fordyce, Dallas county, died at his home there last night at 5;50 o'clock after an illness of five weeks with las grippe. Mr. Holderness is survived by his wife, four children, three sons and a daughter, his mother, Mrs. A. S. Holderness, two sisters, Mrs. John R. Hampton and Miss Minnie Holderness, and three brothers, H. I. and James Holderness of this city, and M. E. Holderness of Nashville, Tenn. all the relatives were at his bedside when the end came.
Mr. Holderness was in the drug business at Fordyce for more than twenty years and was one of the most prominent business men of the section of the state. He was prominently identified in every movement for the upbuilding of his city and state and took an active interest in the educational affairs, being a director of the Fordyce Training School. He was a valued member of the Board of Stewards of the Methodist church and enjoyed unusual popularity throughout this section.
The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Methodist church at Fordyce. Rev. B. B. Thomas will conduct the services, assisted by Revs. C. J. Green and R. W. McKay.
Thursday, 24 Mar 1910, p.5
Harry I Holderness came up yesterday afternoon from Fordyce, and with Mrs. Holderness left yesterday afternoon on his return to Fordyce, to attend the funeral of his brother, Robert T. Holderness.
Saturday, 26 Mar 1910, p.4
Holderness Funeral Largely Attended
The funeral of Robert T. Holderness, who died Wednesday afternoon at his home at Fordyce, was held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Methodist church at that place by Rev. C. C. Green, Rev. B. B. Thomas, Rev. R. W. McKay and Rev. Cheatham.
...The funeral was one of the largest ever held in fordyce and was attended by relatives from this city, Little Rock, Crossett, Texarkana, and Nashville, Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Holderness, the former a brother of the deceased attended the funeral, and returned home Thursday night. Mr. Holderness was well known here and had many friends, he having once lived here. He was at the time of his death in the drug business at Fordyce, and was one of the most prominent men of that town.
The Tuesday, 29 Mar 1910 edition of the Pine Bluff Daily/Weekly Graphic also carried the obituary.

Birth	20 Feb 1870
Marriage	16 May 1895	Jefferson County, Alabama - Elizabeth Myrick Simms
Death	22 Mar 1910	Fordyce, Dallas County, Arkansas

Spouse	Elizabeth Myrick Simms (1874 - 1936)
Child	Robert Thomas Holderness Jr. (1896 - 1983)
Child	Catherine Elizabeth Holderness (1898 - 1986)
Child	Thomas Simms Holderness (1900 - 1965)
Child	Mary Elizabeth Holderness (1903 - 1904)
Child	Algernon Sidney Holderness (1905 - 1993)

Father	Algernon Sidney Holderness MD (1834 - 1904)
Mother	Catherine Barnes "Cattie" Dixon (1838 - 1928)
Sibling	George Dixon Holderness (1866 - 1891)
Sibling	Harry Iverson Holderness (1868 - 1950)
Sibling	Minnie Myrtle Holderness (1871 - 1950)
Sibling	William Thornton Holderness (1873 - 1889)
Sibling	Mariah Elizabeth "May" Holderness (1876 - 1904)
Sibling	Marvin Early Holderness (1877 - 1975)
Sibling	Dr. James Sidney Holderness (1879 - 1951)
Sibling	Sarah Virginia Holderness (1881 - )