Ulyss and Pearl Caine Holliman and their Descendants

by Glenn N. Holliman

More on Loudelle Holliman Ferrell, (1914 - 1998)

the Fourth Child of Ulyss and Pearl Holliman

Here is the first picture I have of Charles and Loudelle together at a Methodist youth conference in 1934.

They are not yet standing together.  Charles is fourth from the right, and Loudelle is third from the left.

What a difference a year makes.  Here is Loudelle on her wedding day in her wedding dress, sitting smartly on the edge of a convertible.  Does any one know the model (the car that is)?

Above is the happy couple and their newspaper announcement.  Click on the photo and it will enlarge.

Next their three children.....


Plan now to attend the Holliman and Associated Families Genealogical Round Table at the Fayette County, Alabama Civic Center, 10 am to 3 pm, Saturday, October 15, 2011. For information and reservations for lunch, contact Glenda Norris at gnorris@bcbsal.org or Glenn Holliman at Glennhistory@gmail.com.  Sessions to include Tracing the Holymans from England to Alabama, Holliman Farm Sites in Fayette County and sharing of information on Associated Families.  All invited!

Ulyss and Pearl Caine Holliman and their Descendants

by Glenn N. Holliman

More on Loudelle Holliman Ferrell, (1914 - 1998)

the Fourth Child of Ulyss and Pearl Holliman

Charles Ferrell matriculated at Yale Divinity School in New Haven.  Here is the young man, about to be ordained a Methodist Church minister in 1932.  Graduate students in the Depression dressed in suit and tie for class.  No back pack in sight for this scholar.  

The thirties were progressing.  Here in what I believe to be 1934 are Loudelle and Ida Holliman embracing in front of Robert and Vena Holliman Daly's house which had just been built adjacent to Pearl and Ulyss's on 3rd Avenue in Irondale, Alabama.  Ida Hughes had married Melton Holliman in 1932.  Hem lines were a bit longer for women in the early 1930s compared to the early 1940s or middle 1920s.

More of the family next post....


Note: The information and opinions expressed in these family biographies are those of the writer alone. Comments, corrections and additions are most welcome. The purpose of these articles is to capture a period and family in American history and to pass this legacy along to future generations who share the common bond of family.


Plan now to attend the Holliman and Associated Families Genealogical Round Table at the Fayette County, Alabama Civic Center, 10 am to 3 pm, Saturday, October 15, 2011. For information and reservations for lunch, contact Glenda Norris at gnorris@bcbsal.org or Glenn Holliman at Glennhistory@gmail.com.  Sessions to include Tracing the Holymans from England to Alabama, Holliman Farm Sites in Fayette County and sharing of information on Associated Families.  All invited!

Ulyss and Pearl Caine Holliman and their Descendants

by Glenn N. Holliman

More on Loudelle Holliman Ferrell, (1914 - 1998)
the Fourth Child of Ulyss and Pearl Holliman

In this 1929 photo below, young and lovely Loudelle, embraces her 68 year old maternal grandmother, Lula Caine. Grandma Caine, as she was known to most of us, was born in 1861 and died in 1957. Her father, Manassas Hocutt, succumbed in 1863 of injuries from the Battle of Stones River in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and is buried in an unmarked grave. At the same battle, and escaping uninjured, was Loudelle's paternal grandfather, John Thomas Holliman. (Note, earlier in a post, I had mislabeled this photograph as Vena Holliman Daly; Bishop Holliman corrected the error for me.)

Below, Loudelle, age 17, strikes a coquetish pose in the winter of 1931.  I don't know who the little boy is in the right corner nor the location of the photo.  Notice Loudelle's moderate heels and white socks.  Her son, Charles Halford Ferrell, told me in November 2010 when I scanned this picture that his mother, Loudelle, had once been Miss Birmingham!  I am still startled that Pearl or Ulyss Holliman, conservative, evangelical Christians, allowed such!  Perhaps the event is not so amazing at it seems.  My father, Bishop Holliman, remembers the contest as more of Methodist event, sort of young person of the year celebration in Birmingham.  I like Charles Halford's story better!

What Loudelle did not know in 1931 was that in a few years, she would meet a young Methodist minister, The Rev. Charles Ferrell.  Below in 1928 Charles, right in the tie and apron, worked in an A & P grocery store, probably helping to pay his way through Birmingham-Southern College.  Notice the type of store.  The super markets in which Charles's brother-in-law, Euhal Holliman, would make his career had not yet developed in America.  The pot bellied stove provided heat in the winter.  It must have been stifling hot in Alabama summers.

More later on this amazing couple....

Note: The information and opinions expressed in these family biographies are those of the writer alone. Comments, corrections and additions are most welcome. The purpose of these articles is to capture a period and family in American history and to pass this legacy along to future generations who share the common bond of family.

Ulyss and Pearl Caine Holliman and their Descendants

by Glenn N. Holliman

More on Loudelle Holliman Ferrell, 1914 - 1998,

the Fourth Child of Ulyss and Pearl Holliman

The Holliman children were growing up by 1928.  Melton had gone to work in his Uncle Floyd Caine's drug store, and Vena became Mrs. Robert Daly that year.  Charles H. Ferrell, Loudelle's older son, made this photo below available to me.  Vena is on the left and Loudelle, now all of 14 and looking very grown up, is wearing a fashionable hat of the 1920s.  The young ladies are in short skirts as a revolution in fashion occurred after World War I. Hem lines rose!

 Both are standing in front of the then new home at 2300 3rd Avenue, Irondale.  One can see the wooden steps in the background.  It was a winter's day.  No sidewalk yet on the street nor paved roads.  The sidewalks and water system would go in the 1930s and 40s as part of a New Deal Public Works Administration program.  That's right....the seven Holliman brothers and sisters grew up in a house without running water and in door facilities.  Not until the late 1930s was an indoor bathroom installed.  Oh yes, the good ole days!

Below is another photo of Loudelle, second from left with the penetrating eyes.  The other girls are believed to be friends and not relations.  Notice the fascinating hair styles of 1930.  Compare Loudelle's eyes with the February 22, 2011 post of Pearl Holliman.  One can see a startling resemblance when Loudelle was Pearl's age.

Note: The information and opinions expressed in these family biographies are those of the writer alone. Comments, corrections and additions are most welcome. The purpose of these articles is to capture a period and family in American history and to pass this legacy along to future generations who share the common bond of family.

More Loudelle and family next post....


Plan now to attend the Holliman and Associated Families Genealogical Round Table at the Fayette County, Alabama Civic Center, 10 am to 3 pm, Saturday, October 15, 2011. For information and reservations for lunch, contact Glenda Norris at gnorris@bcbsal.org or Glenn Holliman at Glennhistory@gmail.com.  Sessions to include Tracing the Holymans from England to Alabama, Holliman Farm Sites in Fayette County and sharing of information on Associated Families.  All invited!