Fifth Generation

53. William Henry HOLDERNESS^77,146 was born on 1 July 1904 in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina.¹³⁸ He died on 20 July 1965 at the age of 61 in Wilmington, Hanover County, North Carolina.⁹⁴

Graduated from UNC and Harvard Law School. Married to (1) Martha Jane Broadhurst and (2) Brent Blackmer Woodson. Four children - two by each marriage.

NC Death Certificates; Ancestry.com
Death Certificate #23260
Died: Cape Fear Hospital, Wilmington, New Hanover Co, NC
Residence: 500 Country Club Drive, Greensboro, Guilford Co, NC
Died 20 July 1965, age 61
Born: 11 Jul 1904, Tarboro, NC
Attorney
Father: George Holderness Mother: Harriet Howard
Wife: Mrs. W. H. Holderness
Information from Hospital Records
Cause of death was crushed chest due to boating accident and resulting pneumonia; obesity was another significant condition.
Buried 20 Jul 1965, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Greensboro.

William Henry HOLDERNESS and Martha Jane BROADHURST were married.¹⁴⁶ Martha Jane BROADHURST was born (date unknown).

William Henry HOLDERNESS and Martha Jane BROADHURST had the following children:

+104	i.	Jane-Howard HOLDERNESS.
+105	ii.	William Henry HOLDERNESS Jr..

William Henry HOLDERNESS and Brent Blackmer WOODSON were married on 16 December 1951.¹⁴⁶ Brent Blackmer WOODSON was born on 5 March 1926.¹⁴⁹

Graduated from UNC Chapel Hill 1946,

William Henry HOLDERNESS and Brent Blackmer WOODSON had the following children:

+106	i.	Charles Woodson HOLDERNESS.
107	ii.	Brent Blackmer HOLDERNESS (private).148,149
+108	iii.	Hayes Ragland HOLDERNESS.
109	iv.	Thomas Pearson HOLDERNESS (private).149,150