Individual Details

In the 1920 census, Minnie was living with her mother and working as a Teacher at the High School. Minnie was said to be an old maid school teacher who kept up the family home in Fordyce until she died.
[The above statement may not be quite accurate.] In 1930, Minnie Holderness was a Roomer in the household of William H. Graham in Fordyce. She was age 57 and occupation given as High School Teacher.
29 Dec 1941. Fordyce Semi-Weekly News. Miss Minnie Holderness returned home today from a week's visit in Little Rock with her sister, Mrs. John Hampton, and family.

1950 Census. Fordyce, Dallas Co, AR, Hh 10
Minnie M. Holderness, 82, b. AR
James S., brother, 70, b. AR
Margarie B., sister-in-law, 78, b. MS
Cara L. Hodge, hired hand, 45, b. AR, housework, private home


Buried Oakland Cemetery, Fordyce, Dallas Co AR.
Her obituary appeared in the Pine Bluff Commercial newspaper on 16 Nov 1950, Thursday.
Miss Minnie Holderness
Fordyce, Nov. 16
Miss Minnie Holderness, 78, died at her home here yesterday evening. A well known educator who received a life membership in the Arkansas Education Association in 1938, she retired this year after teaching for 40 years in schools in Fordyce and vicinity.
Miss Holderness was born in Chambersville, but moved here with her parents, the late Dr. and Mrs. A. S. Holderness, as a child. Her father was the first mayor of Fordyce.
Miss Holderness was educated at Clary Training School here and at the University of Michigan.
She is survived by a sister, Mrs. John R. Hampton of Little Rock, and two brothers, Marvin E. Holderness of St. Louis and James S. Holderness of Fordyce.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
and the next day, Friday Nov 17
Miss Minnie Myrtle Holderness
Funeral services for Miss Minnie Myrtle Holderness, 77, who died at her home here Wednesday night were held Friday morning at 10 o'clock at the Fordyce Methodist church. Miss Minnie taught school in the Fordyce Schools from 1895 until 1940, when she retired. She numbered her students in the thousands and most of the Fordyce men and women at one time went to school to Miss Minnie. She was known and loved by all and her mottos and pithy sayings are still fresh in the minds of her old pupils.
She was a charter member of the Fordyce Methodist church and is one of the three oldest living members. When the new church building was built in 1925 she turned the first spade of dirt at the ceremonies starting construction.
She was a lifetime member of the Arkansas Educational Association. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. John R. Hampton of Little Rock, two brothers, Marvin E. Holderness of St. Louis and James S. Holderness of Fordyce.
Her father was the first mayor of the city of Fordyce and Miss Minnie lived until the time of her death at the old homestead in the eastern part of the city.
Services at the Fordyce Methodist church will be conducted by Rev. R. A. Teeter, pastor of the Methodist church, Rev. J. T. Elliff, pastor of the Baptist church, and Rev. Joseph A. McGehee, pastor of the Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery.

Birth	2 Dec 1871
Death	15 Nov 1950	Dallas County, Arkansas

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	Robert Thomas Holderness (1870 - 1910)
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 - )