ballard holmes: Holmes Rd Searcy AR Gertrude Holmes as a young girl
- 12/06/19 02:07 PM
Elizabeth Gertrude Durham The pretty girl on the left was named Elizaeth Gertrude Durham and I think the girl on the right was her sister. The picture dates back, way back, and the girls are dressed in very pretty and fancy outfits. The hair styles appear the same with a huge bow at the back. Elizabeth Gertrude had an Arkansas future coming her way. She married Ballard Holmes from the Searcy AR area and they lived on Holmes Road in Searcy for many years......long enough to have the road named for them. They had 4 children. All of the children have passed on … (10 comments)
ballard holmes: Happy couple. New house? Ballard & Gertrude Holmes, Searcy AR
- 06/12/17 04:29 AM
Had they just finished the old house on Holmes Road that we have written several blogs about? The house is in the background and they look very happy and pleased as they have this picture snapped. The old rock house still stands and we have done several blogs about it. Click here to go to the last one and that one will have a click to continue going back. The present owners invited the remaining family members to come and visit the beloved old family home and a few days ago several folks got to review the house. Thanks again to … (2 comments)
ballard holmes: The Holmes Ranch on Holmes Road in Searcy Arkansas? Not a mansion.
- 05/25/10 01:30 AM
I posted a blog a day or two ago about the mule-making on Holmes Road many years ago. Bob Collins said he could hear braying all the way into town where he was a city slicker. I came across a picture which seems to go along with the last blog. It is a picture marked on the back by my mother-in-law saying, "Our old home place across road. Holmes Ranch." The Holmes family had built a rock house on the hill and this was an old house still standing. A card was with the picture reading, "Robert Taylor Judge property, owned by … (10 comments)
ballard holmes: Bob Collins standing on the corner of Academy and Pear hearing strange noises.
- 05/22/10 09:47 AM
Why put this picture on my blog? I was inspired by Dorothy Warden's Searcy Daily Citizen column about old Searcy and about Bob Collins, who lived at the corner of Academy and Pear and is shown looking somewhat disgruntled in this picture. Dorothy said that Bob said he could hear mules braying from Holmes' breeding operation on Holmes Road from his house on Vine. That must have been Ballard Holmes's operation and Ballard Holmes was my husband's grandfather so I asked Hubby about that operation. He lit up with a long story that took up most of my coffee time at the breakfast table this morning. … (20 comments)
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