Life History

Notes

• The 1930 census reports Holland as Holland H.  But a Kennedy genealogy and others report him as Holland Leroy, so this is the name I am reporting.  The Kennedy genealogy also provides exact birth date and provides death information.  This source also gives us the middle name of his mother Martha Meiners.The same name appears on the record of his marriage to Gladys Henderson..
  
  Holland Leroy Kennedy
  Birth 25 Sept. 1911 in Arkansas County, Arkansas
  Death 28 May 1997 in Almyra, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  Parents Shannon Artis Kennedy d 1954, Martha Ellen Meiners 1895-1974
  --  Kennedy Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/559775/person/-2072026955?ssrc=&ftm=1
  
  Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
  Gladys Henderson
  Age 20, Birth Year abt 1916
  Residence Almyra, Arkansas, Arkansas
  Spouse's Name H L Kennedy
  Spouse's Age 24
  Spouse's Residence Almyra, Arkansas, Arkansas
  Marriage 4 Jan 1936 Arkansas County
  Marriage License Date 4 Jan 1936
  
  The Nelson Family genealogy reports that Holland died in Little Rock.  I suspect this is the correct one, likely indicating that though his residence was Almyra, he died in a hospital in Little Rock.  Unfortunately, Arkansas death records are not online, and the Nelson genealogy did not provide a source.  I presume the information came from family sources.
  
  Holland Leroy Kennedy
  Birth 25 Sept. 1911 in Almyra, Arkansas
  Death 28 May 1997 in Little Rock, Arkansas
  --  Nelson Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12740315/person/-179147731?ssrc=&ftm=1
  
  Knowing some of the Kennedys were buried in Bayou Meto in Arkansas County, I checked burials in the Bayou Meto Cemetery.  I found the death date given there for Holland is a year later than that reported in this genealogy.
  
  Kennedy, Holland Leroy
  b. Sep. 25, 1911 d. May 28, 1998
  --  Find a Grave, Bayou Meto Cemetery, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSsr=361&GScid=1524308&
  
  I have found other cases where the year on the tombstone was wrong.  Since the Social Security agrees with the tombstone here, I will report 1998 as the year of death.
  
  The Social Security Death Index agrees with these two family genealogies on the date of death.
  
  Social Security Death Index
  Holland L. Kennedy
  Born 25 Sep 1911
  Died 29 May 1998
  Last Residence Almyra, Arkansas, Arkansas 72003
  SSN 430-70-3095 issued Arkansas (1955)
  
  Note that the SSDI also reports the place of residence as Almyra.
  
  Gravestone of Holland Leroy Kennedy and Gladys Henderson, Bayou Meto Cemetery, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  Holland Leroy Kennedy
  Sept 25, 1911
  May 29, 1998
  Gladys Henderson
  May 8, 1915
  Dec 14, 1986
  Married Jan 4, 1936

Sources

• 1. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
• 2. Gravestones of Arkansas
• 3. 1920 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • 29 January, Garland Township, District 9, page 1A-B, DeWitt Rd, Hse/Fam #12
• 4. 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • 25 April, Garland Township, District 7, page 1A, Hagler Rd, Hse/Fam #7
• 5. Ancestry Trees
  • Kennedy Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/559775/person/-2072026955?ssrc=&ftm=1
• 6. Social Security Death Index
• 7. Ancestry Trees
  • Nelson Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12740315/person/-179147731?ssrc=&ftm=1
• 8. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014