Descendants of William (The Immigrant) Holcombe - Cemetarian

Shannon, Georgia. Buried in Rome, Georgia. 5 . She married Roy Taylor Bet. 1940 - 1941 in Texas or
Oklahoma; died Unknown.
Notes for Buena Vista Holcomb:
In an old Family Bible in the possession of Glenda Lee Richardson(Nee Minshew) of Bartow, Fla.
handed down from W.T. and Eliza Matilda through C.E. Holcomb to Myrtice Minshew (Nee Holcomb)
Aunt Buenas' name is noted as Noba Bunivistia Holcomb. At some time between June 1940 and June
1941 Buena Vista Holcomb married a man by the name of Taylor. Given name not known. Buena was
fifty years of age at the time. Buena had a difficult time growing up. Her mother, Eliza Matilda, died in
1895 when Buena was 4 Years of age. At that time she was handed up to Charles Edward Holcomb, an
older brother who was married and settled in Key, Alabama, in his wagon and told him that he now had
the responsibility of taking care of Buena. She stayed with C.E. Edwards until sometime after 1912
when she went to live with her eldest brother JHJ Holcomb who had settled in Walters , Oklahoma. She
remained with JHJ until he committed suicide on October 9, 1930. From that time she went to live with
her Brother, Grover Cleveland Holcomb in Gunter , Texas. She remained with Grover until he
voluntarily placed himself in the Veterans Hospital in Waco, Texas for what was known as "shell shock"
in those days after WWl. At some point between June 1940 and June 1941 Buena married a man by the
Surname of Taylor. They moved to Washington D.C. where Buena worked in the Pentagon for the
Department of the Army until her retirement from Civil Service. Her marriage did not last long and
upon her retirement from civil service she moved to Birmingham, Alabama, probably to be close to
relatives. She did not remain there long and moved to Florida to live with Myrtice Menshew, a daughter
of Charles Edward Holcomb with whom Buena had grown up with. They later bought a house in
Shannon, Georgia and lived there until they both passed away. Buena passed away in April 1981. She
is buried in Rome, Georgia.
Buena Vista Holcomb applied for her Social Security Number on September 12, 1943 while living in
Lawton, Oklahoma. At the time she was working for Earl Zorger of Earl's Drug Store in Lawton,
Oklahoma. She was married at the time to Roy Taylor. She listed as her father, William Taylor
Holcomb and as her mother, Mathilda Garrett. She listed Key, Cherokee County, Alabama as her place
of birth.
Notes for Roy Taylor:
Roy Taylor was a traveling salesman and called on Uncle Grover at his Drugstore in Gunther, Texas.
Met and married Aunt Buena at some time between Mar 25, 1940 and April, 1941. Marriage lasted only
one year. Have heard from family members that after her divorce , Aunt Buena never wanted to talk
about him or hear his name. According to family members Roy Taylor was not a faithful husband.
More About Roy Taylor and Buena Holcomb:
Marriage: Bet. 1940 - 1941, Texas or Oklahoma
143 xii. Otis Holcomb, born October 04, 1894 in Cherokee Co. Ala.; died Unknown in East Texas (Possibly
Ladonnia, Texas).
Notes for Otis Holcomb:
Ottis Lee was about 9 years of age when his father , W.T. moved his family to Texas in 1903. He died in
or around Ladonia , Texas when he was 12 to 16 years of age of diabetes complications.
144 xiii. Emily Holcomb, born Unknown; died Unknown.
Children of William Holcomb and Louella Cantrell are:
145 i. Lola May 24 Holcomb, born July 23, 1897 in Cherokee County Alabama 6 ; died November 1987 in
Marietta, Georgia 6 . She married Leroy L. Marx; born November 11, 1895 7 ; died June 1984 in Marietta
, Ceorgia 7 .
Notes for Lola May Holcomb:
Lola May was born in Cherokee County, Alabama in July 1897. In either 1897 or 1898 the family
moved to the Sand Mountain area of DeKalb County , Alabama. They stayed there until 1903 then
moved to Texas. They took a train to Honey Grove , Texas and thence to Ladonia, Texas where her
father took a job as manager of a large cotton farm. Her brother, Benjamin Wyatt Holcomb, said that
Lola had always said that as soon as she was eighteen years of age she was leaving East Texas and
returning to the East. When she was eighteen she did leave, went to Washington D. C. , lived with the
half sister of her maternal Grandmother, Esther Strickland, in Arlington, Virginia. She worked for a
Coal and Power company in that area, met one of the salesmen of that company, L. L. Marx, and
married him. Roy was transferred or went to Atlanta, Georgia, and Lola May was back in Georgia
where she had always wanted to be. She and Roy stayed in Atlanta for the remainder of their lives.
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