Individual Details

1910 Census. Davidson Co TN, Nashville, Ward 21 First Civil District
Marvin E. Holderness, Boarder, age 32. Born Arkansas, father b. SC, mother b. Mississippi. In the household of Charles S. Brown, #255

1915 Nashville, TN, City Directory
Holderness, Geo S., student, boards at 200 23rd ave, N
Holderness, Marvin E., cashr, First Savings Bk &Trust Co. boards with C. S. Brown

16 Feb 1942 - World War II Draft Registration
Marvin Early Holderness of 17 Wydown Terrace, Clayton, MO was age 20, born 16 Sep 1921, St. Louis. Mr. Marvin Early Holderness Sr. of Clayton would always know his address. Student, Vanderbilt University, Nasvhille, TN. 5' 11 1/2", 157 #'s, hazel eyes, brown hair.

US National Archives & Records Administration
File Unit Title: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946
Record Group 64
Marvin E. Holderness Jr. Serial Number 37408097. Lived in St. Louis Missouri and enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, MO on 31 Dec 1942 as a private. He was born in MO in 1921 and was still single, without dependents.
Enlistment Records on Ancestry.com:
Marvin E. Holderness Jr. had 4 years of college.
He was 71 in. tall, weight 160 pounds.

Married Rebecca Lawson Yates. Had daughter Rebecca Porter Holderness born 9 Feb 1957. Holderness descendant said she married (1) Lawson and (2) Yates.

New York Times (1857-Current File). New York, N.Y.: Jun 28, 1955. pg. 22, 1 pgs
Miss Lawson Yates Will Be Married Jr. On July 30 to Marvin Holderness

The Tennessean, Nashville, TN, 31 Jul 1955, Sunday, p.39
Miss Yates and Mr. Holderness Wed in Ceremony in Kingsport
Kinsport, Tenn. At an impressive ceremony last night Miss Lawson Yates became the bride of Marvin Early Holderness Jr. of New York and St. Louis.
The bride in the daughter of Mrs. Robert Fain Looney of Kingsport and Lawson H. Yates of Nashville. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Alex J. Porter of Nashville and the late Mr. Porter and Mrs. John C. Yates of Fulton, KY, and the late Dr. Yates.
Mr. Holderness is the son of Mrs. and Mrs. Marvin Early Holderness of St Louis and the grandson of Mrs. Rober F. Jackson and the late Mr. Jackson of Nashville and the late Dr. & Mrs. Algernon S. Holderness of Fordyce, Ark.
St. Paul's Episcopal church was the scene of the ceremony....


ProQuest Historical Newspapers - Obituaries
The New York Times, 12 Apr 1976, p.32
Deaths
HOLDERNESS - Marvin E. , Jr. The Tennessee Society in New York mourns the death of its Trustee and former President, Marvin E. Holderness, Jr. and extends deepest sympathy to the family.
HOLDERNESS - Marvin E. Jr. husband of Rebecca Lawson, father of Rebecca, brother of Eunice Ridley. Visiting 6-8 PM, Monday at Frank E. Campbell, Madison Ave. at 81st St. Service Tuesday, 11 AM at Christ Church Methodist, Park Ave at 60th St. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to The Floating Hospital, St. John's Guild.
and on 13 Apr 1976, p.36
HOLDERNESS - Marvin E., Jr. The Board of Trustees of St. John's Guild - The Floating Hospital notes with deepest sorrow the death of a trustee and friend. He gave much to the Guild in terms of concern and support and will be greatly missed. Our sympathy is extended to his family.
Rutherford Hubbard, President
St. John's Guild - The Floating Hospital
101 Park Ave., NY, NY 10017

The Tennessean, Nashville, TN, 12 Apr 1976, Monday, p.5
Holderness, 54, Ad Exec Dies
NEW YORK - Marvin Early Holderness Jr., 54, an advertising executive and former Nashville resident, died yesterday in Doctors Hospital here after a brief illness.
Graveside services will be held at 1 am Wednesday at Mr. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville. Services in New York City will be at 11 am tomorrow at Christ Church, Methodist.
Born in St. Louis, Holderness was the son of the late Mr. & Mrs. Marvin E. Holderness of St. Louis & Nashville and the grandson of the late Mr. & Mrs. Robert Fenner Jackson of Nasvhille.
A graduate of Vanderbilt University, he was president of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraterity, a member of Omicron Delta Kappa honor society and Phi Beta Kapp. he was editor of the Vanderbilt Hustler, the student newspaper.
After graduation, he served in the US Army, achieving the rank of lieutenant.
Holderness begain his advertising career in St. Louis in 1949 with Doremus & Co. He was elected vice president in 1955, a member of the board of directors in 1970 and senior vice president in 1972.

Birth and death listed in the US Dept of Veterans Affairs Death File.


Buried Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson Co, TN.

Birth	16 Sep 1921	Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri
Death	12 Apr 1976	New York, New York

Father	Marvin Early Holderness (1877 - 1975)
Mother	Eunice Baxter Jackson (1893 - 1970)
Sibling	Eunice Jackson Holderness (1917 - 2007)