Individual Details
Virginia Clara Russell
(2 Jun 1881 - 3 Sep 1976)
Dallas Morning News, 21 Aug 1910
State Social Affairs
Mrs. Hub Thomas honored her guests, Mrs. Holderness of Emory, Miss Lena Holderness of Madill, OK, and Mr Johnnie Thomas of Wichita Falls with a lawn party Tuesday evening. Twenty couples of young ladies and gentlemen registered in the pretty book of green and pink, representing the colors of the watermelon.
[There must be errors in the above - I believe "Lena" must have been Lynna Holderness, but she was of Cumby.]
Married H. H. Thomas who died of influenza during the epidemic of 1918. She reared 5 children.
1920 Census. Sulphur Springs, Ward 2, Hopkins Co, TX Hh 132
Virgie Thomas, age 38, b. TX
Marvin, son, 19, bookkeeper at the bank
Harrold, son, 14, cash boy, department store
Robert, son, 12, newsboy, street
Virginia, daughter, 4 years, 11 months
Earl, son, 1 year, 8 months.
1930 Census. Sulphur Springs, Ward 2, Hopkins Co TX Hh 126
Virgie Thomas, age 48, widow. 18 when married. Born TX, father b. TX, mother b. AR, Supt of Cafeteria, high school.
Virginia, daughter, age 15
Earl, son, age 11
Texas Death Certificate #69424
Virgie Russell Thomas died 3 Sep 1976 at the Hart Manor Nursing Home, Commerce, Hunt Co TX. Her usual residence was 1707 Jackson St. in Commerce. She waas born 2 Jun 1881 in Sulphur Springs TX and was 95 at her death. Her father was John G. Russell; her mother Rebecca Holderness. Virginia Taylor, daughter, was the informant. Virgie died of congestive heart failure. She was buried City Cemetery, Sulphur Springs, Hopkins Co, TX.
Events
| Birth | 2 Jun 1881 | Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas |  | ||
| Marriage | 8 Oct 1899 | Hopkins County, Texas - Hubbard Harrison Thomas | | ||
| Death | 3 Sep 1976 | Commerce, Hunt County, Texas |
Families
| Spouse | Hubbard Harrison Thomas (1878 - 1918) |
| Child | Marvin Russell Thomas (1900 - 1968) |
| Child | Harold Hubbard Thomas (1905 - 1986) |
| Child | Robert Edward Thomas (1907 - 2000) |
| Child | Virginia Thomas (1915 - 2011) |
| Child | Earl Franklin Thomas (1918 - 1996) |
| Father | John G. Russell (1854 - 1946) |
| Mother | Rebecca Sarah Holderness (1856 - 1929) |
| Sibling | Robert Henry Russell (1883 - 1922) |
| Sibling | Delilah Russell (1885 - 1979) |
| Sibling | Eddie Russell (1888 - ) |
| Sibling | Junius George Russell (1896 - 1962) |
Endnotes
1. Compiled and written by Marvin E. Holderness, Sr., Holderness: History & Genealogy of the Holderness Family (New York c1958), p.18.
2. Social Security Application (Freedom of Information Officer. Social Security Administration.), Harold Hubbard Thomas.