Jim's daughter Kerry Sue Holden-Dixon

Taken from her Facebook page

Kerry's mother Virginia on the 1930 federal census, her very first one:

1930 United States Federal Census

Name: Mary V Skinner
Birth Year: 1926
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age in 1930: 4
Birthplace: Missouri
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Home in 1930: Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Map of Home: Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Street Address: E. 13th
Ward of City: Bellview Addition
Block: 2
House Number: 1309
Dwelling Number: 109
Family Number: 127
Attended School: Yes
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Missouri
Mother's Birthplace: Missouri
Household Members: Name Age
Robert G Skinner 31
Mary C Skinner 29
John E Skinner 9
Mary V Skinner 4
Robert Skinner 2

Published in the May 5, 1957 edition of the Kansas City (MO) STAR

Here is James' IMDb page.

I was unable to locate an obituary for James. His ex-wife Mary Virginia (Skinner) Holden - aka "Jenna McMahon" - died in 2015; below is her obituary:

Jenna McMahon ["McMahon" being her mother Mary Catherine's maiden name], who teamed up with Dick Clair, her partner in a comedy act, to create the long-running sitcom "The Facts of Life," died March 2 in Monterey, Calif. She was 89.

The cause was heart failure, her daughter, Kerry Holden-Dixon, said.

McMahon and Clair also created the character Eunice (played by Carol Burnett), and her fractious Middle-American family, for a series of sketches on "The Carol Burnett Show." Eunice's mother, known as Mama and played by Vicki Lawrence, became the central character of "Mama's Family," a spinoff series that ran on NBC and in syndication from 1983 to 1990.

"The Facts of Life," which ran from 1979 to 1988, centered on a group of boarding school girls under the guidance of a housemother played by Charlotte Rae. It was a spinoff of an episode of the popular sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes," in which Rae played the housekeeper to a rich white man who adopts two African-American boys from Harlem. That episode, "The Girls School," was written by McMahon and Clair.

McMahon was born Mary Virginia Skinner on May 14, 1925, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of George Skinner, an insurance salesman, and the former Mary McMahon, a homemaker.

She moved to New York to study acting under Stella Adler, then transplanted herself to California, where she met Clair while teaching acting classes. As a comedy duo, they played nightclubs, appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and "Tonight Show" and became a leading comedy-writing team in the 1970s and '80s. Clair died at 57 in 1988.

The two also wrote for "The Bob Newhart Show" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and were jointly nominated for seven Emmy Awards, winning three times for "The Carol Burnett Show."

They also wrote a 1987 special that starred Burnett, Whoopi Goldberg, Carl Reiner and Robin Williams, who won an Emmy for his performance. As a television actress, McMahon appeared in episodes of "The Twilight Zone," "The Bob Newhart Show," "Welcome Back, Kotter," "Love, American Style" and "Dennis the Menace," among other shows.

She also wrote for the comedy series "Maude," "Flo" and "Soap" and was a co-creator, with Clair and Stu Silver, of "It's a Living," a sitcom about waitresses working in a fancy Los Angeles restaurant. It appeared on ABC from 1980 to 1982 and was later seen in first-run syndication.

Published in the March 14, 2015 edition of the St. Paul (MN) Pioneer Press

Another obituary from her home-town newspaper:

MARY VIRGINIA SKINNER

Born and raised in Kansas City, a graduate of Central High School, class of 1942. Shortly after graduation, she headed for California to pursue her dream of acting/show business. After several years and numerous stage appearances in New York and Chicago she went back west to the Los Angeles area. While continuing her acting career, she became a member of a comedy team "Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon". Their comedy writing for their act led them to a new adventure, writing for television shows. Along the way they created and wrote several sitcoms, including "Facts of Life". Their next break came when they joined the Carol Burnett show as writers. It was here that they created and wrote the "Mama's Family" skit. It later became a 30-minute TV show. Jenna (Virginia) passed away on March 2, 2015 at her home in Carmel, California. She leaves a daughter, Kerry Holden-Dixon of the home and a brother, Bill Skinner and his wife, Doris of Blue Springs, along with numerous nieces, nephews and cousins in the greater Kansas City area. Memorial services will be held in California.

Published in the March 8, 2015 edition of the Kansas City (MO) STAR