Extracted from The Scott County Times (Forest, MS)
Wednesday, April 12, 1967

Rankin County Rites Held For Mrs. Ada Holden

Funeral services for Mrs. Ada Harrell Holden, 71, of Route 3, Morton, were held Thursday, April 6, at 10:00 a.m. from Eureka Baptist Church in Rankin County. Burial to follow in the church cemetery with Ott & Lee Funeral Home in charge.

Mrs. Holden passed away in her home on Tuesday night. She was a member of the Eureka Baptist Church.

The survivors are her husband, J. Russ Holden; three daughters, Mrs. Clayton Holmes of Route 3, Morton, Mrs. Ivan E. Carl of Redwood, and Mrs. John Fitzhugh of Jackson; thirteen grandchildren; nineteen great grandchildren; two brothers, Walter Harrell of Columbia, and Vester Harrell of Brandon; and one sister, Mrs. Ellen Shoemak of Columbia.