Melvina Jane Holt

Some Tidbits

Melvina's brothers, Walter Holt and Tilton Holt, were gospel singers in Cross County, Arkansas.

Family Portrait

This is a picture of William Floyde Simmons, his wife Melvina Jane Holt-Simmons holding their daughter Lily Pauline Simmons (b 1909), William's 16 year old half-sister Ida Fryer, his 8 year old niece, Ola Guess (Gess/Guest), and his mother, Clara Smith Hawkins-Simmons-Fryer.

Pumpkin Bend, in Woodruff County, was a township full of people who owned 40 acres of land. They were very poor. Today, it is filled with rice fields as far as the eye can see. There are no more of the original houses left.

Census

Census Year	Name	Age	Location	Place of Birth	Education or Employment
1880	Holt Minvina J	3	Searcy township, Cross county, Arkansas	Born in Arkansas, parents born in Georgia and Arkansas.
1900	Holt Viny	21, born March 1879	Searcy township, Cross county, Arkansas	Born in Arkansas, parents born in Georgia and Arkansas.
1910	Simmons Vina	30	Pumpkin Bend Township, Woodruff county, Arkansas	Born in Arkansas, parents born in Arkansas.
1920	Simmons Vinnie	42	Pumpkin Bend Township, Woodruff county, Arkansas	Born in Arkansas, parents born in Arkansas

Marriage Record for William Simmons and Melvina Holt

State of Arkansas, County of Cross. W. F. Simmons Principal, Henry Holt as security, signed 18 Dec 1908. W. F. Simmons of McCrory in the county of Woodruff, state of Arkansas, and Miss M. V. Holt of ? in Cross, Arkansas, age 25, 18 Dec 1908. Marriage Certificate - 20 Dec 1908