Individual Details

Brent Blackmer Woodson

(5 Mar 1926 - )



North Carolina Birth Index states she was born 5 Mar 1926 in Rowan Co NC to Charles W. Woodson and Margaret B. Blackmer.
Marriage record states their names as Dr. Charles Whitehead Woodson and Margaret Brent Blackmer. Her father was deceased by 1951. Married by Frank M. Thompson, Minister of the Gospel. Witnesses were Charles W. Woodson,Jr., Sharon Hedgpell/Hedgepeth, William B. Woodson

1930 Census. Salisbury, Rowan, NC, Hh 112
Charles W. Woodson, 51, married at age 38, Medical Doctor
Margaret, wife, 36, married at 22
Margaret, dau, 12. Charles, son, 11. William, son, 10. Brent, daughter, age 4.

1940 Census. Salisbury, Rowan, NC, Hh 387
Living at 317 Fulton St where they lived in 1935
Charles W. Woodson, 59, Physician
Brent, wife, 46
Margaret, dau, 21. Charles, son, 20. William, son 19. Brent, dau, 14. Richmond, son, 9.
Evelyn Gaither, maid, Negro, 29, married

"Pine Needles" Yearbook of Women's College of University of North Carolina. Listed in Student Directory, 1943.
Graduated from UNC Chapel Hill 1946

1950 Census. Salisbury, Rowan Co, NC, Hh 78
317 N. Fulton St
Brent B. Woodson, 56, widow, b. NC
Charles W., son, 30, Agent, Life Insurance
William B., son, 29, Salesman, Stock Brokerage Co
Brent B., dau, 24

The News and Observer, Raleigh, NC, 16 Dec 1951, Sunday, p.46
(Picture included) Miss Brent Blackmer Woodson is the daughter of Mrs. Charles Whitehead Woodson of Salisbury and the late Dr. Woodson. Her marriage to William Henry Holderness of Greensboro will take place this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Village Chapel at Pinehurst.

6 Nov 1958. Brent W. Holderness was a passenger on Pan Am flight from Le Bourget, Paris, France, arriving in New York. she was born 5 Mar 1926 in Salisbury, NC and lived at 500 Country Club Drive, Greensboro.

23 Aug 1961. Brazilian Tourist Card stamped in Buenos Aires. Born 26 Mar 1926 (error - she was born 5 Mar) in Salisbury. Parents, Charles Whitehead & Brant Blackmar. Passport dated 26 Sep 1958. Has photo.

Apparently Brent remarried after the death of Holderness. This is her brother's obituary:
Greensboro News & Record (NC) - Tuesday, February 13, 1990
WINSTON-SALEM - Charles Whitehead Woodson Jr., 70, of 3511 Wimberly Lane died Sunday at Forsyth Memorial Hospital.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. Lukes Episcopal Church in Salisbury. Burial will be in Chestnut Hill Cemetery in Salisbury.
A native of Salisbury, he was a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a retired schoolteacher. He was a member of the North Carolina Education Association, a life member of the North Carolina Association of Educators and an Army veteran of World War II.
Surviving are wife, Mrs. Edith Woodson; daughter, Mrs. Jane Brent Adams of Carrboro; sister, Mrs. Brent Elmore of Greensboro; one grandchild.

Events

Birth5 Mar 1926
Marriage16 Dec 1951Pinehurst, Moore County, North Carolina - William Henry Holderness

Families

SpouseWilliam Henry Holderness (1904 - 1965)
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FatherDr. Charles Whitehead Woodson (1878 - 1950)
MotherMargaret Brent Blackmer (1893 - 1979)
SiblingCharles Whitehead Woodson Jr. (1920 - 1990)
SiblingRichmond Pearson Woodson (1930 - 1954)

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