A Virtual Cemetery created by Roger Holder

Holder Family Cemetery

This Holder Family virtual cemetery will contain family members of Samuel J. Holder and Mary Marilda "Relda" Smith Holder. Sam and Relda Holder were my great grandparents. They married on December 3, 1883 in Alcorn County, Mississippi, USA. According to family stories Sam left the family about the time that my grandfather Oscar Steve Holder (b. July 26, 1894) was born. The Holder family lived in the McNairy County, Tennessee and Alcorn County, Mississippi area until about 1935 when my grandpa Holder moved his family to Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee. My great grandfather Samuel J. Holder has been very difficult to track. According to the 1880 U.S. Census, Sam and two sisters (Elizabeth and Nancy) were living with their widowed father George H. Holder in the 5th District of Alcorn County, Mississippi. The census said they were all born in Alabama. I've also found a school roster that had Sam as a 14 year old student in Alcorn County in 1877, so I know they lived there at least a few years. Sam and Relda had one other son named George Robert Holder (b. Oct. 27, 1885 d. July 1, 1926). Relda had another son named Thomas Higgs Smith (b. June 22, 1880 d. May 9, 1943).

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Lue Cresey Smith Forsyth Flowers have been left.

25 Dec 1842 – 1 Sep 1924

Alcorn County, Mississippi, USA

Lola C. Gentry Flowers have been left.

30 Aug 1908 – 16 May 1948

Burristown, Jackson County, Tennessee, USA

Nora A. Warren Gentry Flowers have been left.

Mar 1884 – Sep 1905

Burristown, Jackson County, Tennessee, USA

Verna Warren Gentry Flowers have been left.

Nov 1886 – 1912

Burristown, Jackson County, Tennessee, USA

Dorothy Louise Holder Grogan Flowers have been left.

31 Dec 1925 – 25 Feb 2011

Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tennessee, USA

Albie Lee Gentry Holder Flowers have been left.

23 Aug 1901 – 9 Apr 1992

Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA

Carl Robert Holder Flowers have been left.

5 Jul 1930 – 6 Sep 1991

Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA

Cecil Eugene “Gene” Holder Flowers have been left.

16 Aug 1940 – 3 Aug 2007

Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA

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George Robert Holder Flowers have been left.

27 Oct 1885 – 1 Jul 1926

Chewalla, McNairy County, Tennessee, USA

Mary Marilda “Relda” Smith Holder Flowers have been left.

15 Mar 1857 – 2 Apr 1940

Theo, Alcorn County, Mississippi, USA

Oscar Steve Holder Flowers have been left.

26 Jul 1894 – 17 Jun 1976

Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA

Anna Grace Holder Shannon Flowers have been left.

19 Jan 1935 – 27 Jun 2009

Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tennessee, USA

Julian Ann Smith Shannon Flowers have been left.

May 1847 – 10 Oct 1927

Theo, Alcorn County, Mississippi, USA

John H. Smith Flowers have been left.

14 Feb 1838 – 3 Feb 1921

Theo, Alcorn County, Mississippi, USA

Thomas Higgs Smith Flowers have been left.

22 Jun 1880 – 9 May 1943

Pocahontas, Hardeman County, Tennessee, USA

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