Maude Polson Holston is the third-oldest child.
Maude Polson Holston (October 7th, 1906 – March 18th, 1988) came into the family as the third child of John Quincy and Annie, but she was their first single birth. Her early years were similar to those of her older sisters, growing up on the Polson family farm in Jones County and moving with them to their home in Laurel in the first half of the 1920s. Maude had received an education to the fourth grade.
Maude married relatively early compared to her older sisters, being wedded to Irvin H Holston, Sr. (October 26th, 1902 – August 11th, 1981) in October 1923, while Maude was only seventeen years-old. Irvin – whose middle initial “H” stood for nothing – had grown up in Buckatunna, Mississippi, in southeast Wayne County. By 1910, his father worked as a merchant for the general store in Buckatunna. However, by 1920, the family had moved to Laurel, where Irvin’s father still worked as a merchant, this time at a grocery store.
By 1930, the Holstons were raising a family in a Laurel home of their own, at 212 10th Avenue, with four kids by this point: son Hoyt, born around 1925; daughter Grace, born around 1926; daughter Merlyne, born around 1927; and daughter Ruth, born around 1928. Irvin provided for the family as a salesman for a wholesale house. Nevertheless, by 1935, the family had left town, settling north in Meridian, Mississippi. However, the Holstons continued to head north, ending at 112 Crawley Street, Kosciusko, Mississippi, by 1940. Here, both Irvin and Maude worked at a local cotton mill, providing for their now five children – son Irvin, Jr. had been born in roughly 1931.
Maude and her family continued to live in Kosciusko for a couple more years, living at 512 East Adams Street at the time Irvin registered for the Draft, that being February 16th, 1942. His Draft card notes that, at the time, he had a back brace. On the date of registration, he worked for Aponaug Manufacturing Company in the town. Eventually, by 1945, the family decided to finally head back to Laurel, living at 846 Ellisville Boulevard. At this time, Irvin worked at Jefferson Street Grocery, providing for their two still-dependent children (Irvin, Jr. and a younger daughter, Brenda).
Irvin and Maude continued to live in the Laurel-Ellisville area for the remainder of their lives. In 1953, at the time of Irma’s death in Selma, they are listed as residents of Ellisville. Maude continued to be a homemaker, and the couple were members of West Laurel Methodist Church. Irvin unfortunately passed away at Jones County Community Hospital in late-summer 1981 from a lengthy illness, leaving Maude a widow until her own death. In 1988, she died aged eighty-one years at the Conva-Rest Nursing Home in Petal, Mississippi. They are buried under the same headstone at Sunset Gardens Cemetery in Laurel.
Maude married relatively early compared to her older sisters, being wedded to Irvin H Holston, Sr. (October 26th, 1902 – August 11th, 1981) in October 1923, while Maude was only seventeen years-old. Irvin – whose middle initial “H” stood for nothing – had grown up in Buckatunna, Mississippi, in southeast Wayne County. By 1910, his father worked as a merchant for the general store in Buckatunna. However, by 1920, the family had moved to Laurel, where Irvin’s father still worked as a merchant, this time at a grocery store.
By 1930, the Holstons were raising a family in a Laurel home of their own, at 212 10th Avenue, with four kids by this point: son Hoyt, born around 1925; daughter Grace, born around 1926; daughter Merlyne, born around 1927; and daughter Ruth, born around 1928. Irvin provided for the family as a salesman for a wholesale house. Nevertheless, by 1935, the family had left town, settling north in Meridian, Mississippi. However, the Holstons continued to head north, ending at 112 Crawley Street, Kosciusko, Mississippi, by 1940. Here, both Irvin and Maude worked at a local cotton mill, providing for their now five children – son Irvin, Jr. had been born in roughly 1931.
Maude and her family continued to live in Kosciusko for a couple more years, living at 512 East Adams Street at the time Irvin registered for the Draft, that being February 16th, 1942. His Draft card notes that, at the time, he had a back brace. On the date of registration, he worked for Aponaug Manufacturing Company in the town. Eventually, by 1945, the family decided to finally head back to Laurel, living at 846 Ellisville Boulevard. At this time, Irvin worked at Jefferson Street Grocery, providing for their two still-dependent children (Irvin, Jr. and a younger daughter, Brenda).
Irvin and Maude continued to live in the Laurel-Ellisville area for the remainder of their lives. In 1953, at the time of Irma’s death in Selma, they are listed as residents of Ellisville. Maude continued to be a homemaker, and the couple were members of West Laurel Methodist Church. Irvin unfortunately passed away at Jones County Community Hospital in late-summer 1981 from a lengthy illness, leaving Maude a widow until her own death. In 1988, she died aged eighty-one years at the Conva-Rest Nursing Home in Petal, Mississippi. They are buried under the same headstone at Sunset Gardens Cemetery in Laurel.