Individual Details

1920 Census. Elizabethtown, Bladen Co, NC, Hh 10
John M. Clark, 42, family all born in North Carolina, Sheriff
Mattie L, wife, 38
Margrett L., dau, 14
Chatham C., son, 11
Mary L., dau, 7
Chatham C. Lyon, Father-in-lw, 65, Widowed, Lawyer, Judge

Marriage record states Mary's parents as John Marvin Clark and Mattie Lyon Clark. Her father was deceased; her mother living in Elizabethtown. They were married by Civ. Barbee, Minister of M.E. Church, South, at the First Methodist Church of Elizabethtown. Howard Holderness of Greensboro and Harriet Holderness to Tarboro were two of the witnesses.

Passenger on the Mauretania of the Cunard Line, landed at Southampton, From New York, via Havre, 20 Aug 1960.
Mary Holderness, age 30, born 24 Nov 1912, Address in England: Dartmouth House, Berkeley Sq., London, Passport, USA; visiting UK for 2 weeks.

Obituary from THE WASHINGTON POST, Saturday, Sep 7, 2002
Mary Clark Holderness, 89, an amateur artist who in the 1970s designed a large stained-glass window for Children's Hospital, died Aug 22 of stroke complications at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda.
She had lived in the Washington area since the 1950s and in Chevy Chase since 1958.
Mrs. Holderness, a native of Elizabethtown, NC attended Salem College in North Carolina.
She had a home studio and produced sculptures, watercolors and portraits into the 1990s.
The window at the hospital, the focal point of its children's chapel, was commissioned by fundraiser John Sharon and his wife, Frances. Mrs. Holderness realized the family theme working with the artisan John P. F. Coleman.
She was a member of Chevy Chase Club and the Friends of Stratford.
Her husband, retired Rear Adm. George A. Holderness Jr. whom she married in 1937, died in 1987.
Survivors include a daughter, Jan Holderness of Washington; and a son, George III, of Bethesda.
[copy sent by Robert Holderness]

The News and Observer, Raleigh, NC, 14 Sep 2002, Saturday, p.B8
Mary C. Holderness
CHEVY CHASE, MD - Mary LeGrande Clark Holderness, 89, died August 22, 2002 in Suburban Hospital, Bethesada, MD.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Rear Adminral George A. Holderness, Jr., USN (retired). Both were natives of North Carolina. She was a versatile amateur artist primarily a painter in her home studio. She designed and created together with Artison John P.F. Coleman a stained glass window for a children's chapel completed in 1977 which is still the focal point in the chapel
at Children's National Medical Ceneter in Washington, DC
A memorial service will be held at Trinity United Methodist Church, Elizabethtown, NC, on Monday, September 23, at 11:30 am with Reverends Fred Davis and Donald Warren officiating.
Survivors: daughter, M. Jan C. Holderness of Washington, DC; son George A Holderness III of Bethesda, MD.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Bladen County Historical Society, Route 1, Box 83, White Oak, NC, 28399, for the maintenance of Harmony Hall.

Birth	24 Nov 1912	Elizabethtown, Bladen County, North Carolina
Marriage	1 May 1937	Bladen County, North Carolina - Adm. George Allan Holderness Jr.
Death	22 Aug 2002	Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland

Spouse	Adm. George Allan Holderness Jr. (1900 - 1987)
Child	Living
Child	Living