Individual Details

12 Sep 1918. World War I Draft Registration
Thomas Simms Holderness of Fordyce, Dallas Co, AR, was age 18, born 16 Apr 1900. He was a Student. Mrs. Elizabeth Holderness was his nearest relative (his mother).
Tall, slender, grey eyes, light brown hair.

Married Lottie Beth (Ethridge) Simonton. Marriage notice, 30 Sep 1939, Pulaski Co, AR. One son, Thomas Simms Holderness, Jr. born 27 Apr 1940. Lived in Shreveport LA.

Lottie had previously been married to William Wallace Simonton, 17 Apr 1931, Poinsett Co, AR. Simonton was of Memphis, Shelby Co, TN, age 26. Lottie was of Newport, Jackson Co, AR and was 20.

1940 Census. El Dorado, Ward 2, Union Co, AR, Hh 256
Apt. 5, West Cedar - in 1935, they were living in Little Rock, Pulaski, AR
Thomas S. Holderness, 39, b. AR, Employment Office, WPA Administrative Office
Lottie E., wife, 29, b. AR, Stenographer, WPA Administrative Office

16 Feb 1942. World War II Draft Registration
Thomas Simms Holderness lived at 2125 Broadway St., Little Rock, Ark. He was 41, born Fordyce, Ark on 16 Apr 1900. Mrs. T. S. Holderness would always know his address. His mailing address was that of his employer - the WPA, 502 1/2 Center St., Little Rock.
6', 150 lbs., gray eyes, brown hair.

His obituary appeared in the Pine Bluff Commercial newspaper on 15 Jun 1965. He is buried near his parents, Oakland Cemetery, Fordyce, Dallas Co, AR.

Birth	16 Apr 1900	Dallas County, Arkansas
Death	13 Jun 1965

Father	Robert Thomas Holderness (1870 - 1910)
Mother	Elizabeth Myrick Simms (1874 - 1936)
Sibling	Robert Thomas Holderness Jr. (1896 - 1983)
Sibling	Catherine Elizabeth Holderness (1898 - 1986)
Sibling	Mary Elizabeth Holderness (1903 - 1904)
Sibling	Algernon Sidney Holderness (1905 - 1993)