Mary Leola Holmes-Ladson was the seventh of thirteen children born to William Henry Holes and Mary Elizabeth Reid-Holmes on March 19, 1905 in Princess Anne County, Virginia (now known as Virginia Beach City). There she spent the first eighteen years of her life. From age three to seventeen years she attended Saint Pauls Industrial School in Lawrenceville, Virginia. Afterwards she left for Norfolk to live with her brother, Joseseph Henry and his wife Lucille and began to work.
When she turned eighteen years of age she relocated to Jamaica, Queens in New York to begin work as a domestic. While in New York she met her future husband, Eugene Herman Ladson in Sunday School at the Friendship Baptist Church in 1927. They married on March 27, 1928. Then in 1940 Eugene Ladson went into the Army and Mary returned to domestic work until she retired in 1971.
In 1977, at the age of seventy-two, she began working as a Foster Grandparent for the Kingsbrook Medical Center where she worked until 1982 when she had to retire due to her failing eyesight. Mary survived the deaths of five brothers, six sisters, her husband who died in May 1962, and her niece Jacqueline Lorraine whom she help raise, who died in August 1973.
Mary leaves to mourn one grand-daughter Jacquitta Ladson-Zapata; one sister Armenta Holmes-Pope, a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
When she turned eighteen years of age she relocated to Jamaica, Queens in New York to begin work as a domestic. While in New York she met her future husband, Eugene Herman Ladson in Sunday School at the Friendship Baptist Church in 1927. They married on March 27, 1928. Then in 1940 Eugene Ladson went into the Army and Mary returned to domestic work until she retired in 1971.
In 1977, at the age of seventy-two, she began working as a Foster Grandparent for the Kingsbrook Medical Center where she worked until 1982 when she had to retire due to her failing eyesight. Mary survived the deaths of five brothers, six sisters, her husband who died in May 1962, and her niece Jacqueline Lorraine whom she help raise, who died in August 1973.
Mary leaves to mourn one grand-daughter Jacquitta Ladson-Zapata; one sister Armenta Holmes-Pope, a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Mary Leola Holmes-Ladson was the seventh of thirteen children born to William Henry Holes and Mary Elizabeth Reid-Holmes on March 19, 1905 in Princess Anne County, Virginia (now known as Virginia Beach City). There she spent the first eighteen years of her life. From age three to seventeen years she attended Saint Pauls Industrial School in Lawrenceville, Virginia. Afterwards she left for Norfolk to live with her brother, Joseseph Henry and his wife Lucille and began to work.
When she turned eighteen years of age she relocated to Jamaica, Queens in New York to begin work as a domestic. While in New York she met her future husband, Eugene Herman Ladson in Sunday School at the Friendship Baptist Church in 1927. They married on March 27, 1928. Then in 1940 Eugene Ladson went into the Army and Mary returned to domestic work until she retired in 1971.
In 1977, at the age of seventy-two, she began working as a Foster Grandparent for the Kingsbrook Medical Center where she worked until 1982 when she had to retire due to her failing eyesight. Mary survived the deaths of five brothers, six sisters, her husband who died in May 1962, and her niece Jacqueline Lorraine whom she help raise, who died in August 1973.
Mary leaves to mourn one grand-daughter Jacquitta Ladson-Zapata; one sister Armenta Holmes-Pope, a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
When she turned eighteen years of age she relocated to Jamaica, Queens in New York to begin work as a domestic. While in New York she met her future husband, Eugene Herman Ladson in Sunday School at the Friendship Baptist Church in 1927. They married on March 27, 1928. Then in 1940 Eugene Ladson went into the Army and Mary returned to domestic work until she retired in 1971.
In 1977, at the age of seventy-two, she began working as a Foster Grandparent for the Kingsbrook Medical Center where she worked until 1982 when she had to retire due to her failing eyesight. Mary survived the deaths of five brothers, six sisters, her husband who died in May 1962, and her niece Jacqueline Lorraine whom she help raise, who died in August 1973.
Mary leaves to mourn one grand-daughter Jacquitta Ladson-Zapata; one sister Armenta Holmes-Pope, a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
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