Vernon Breckenbridge Holladay Sr (1927-2019)

Vernon Breckenbridge Holladay Sr

Born 31 May 1927 in Clarendon, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Son of William Ruthven Holladay Sr and Ida Isabelle (Huggins) Owens

Brother of William Ruthven Holladay Jr., George Allen Holladay Sr, Hattie Louise (Holladay) Garris, Ida Isabelle (Holladay) Spivey, Joseph Benjamin Holladay, Margaret Alice Holladay, John Witherspoon Holladay, Lottie Belle (Holladay) Wooten, Carolyn (Holladay) Hardee and Samuel Rush Holladay

Husband of Juanice (unknown) Holladay — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

[children unknown]

Died 18 Sep 2019 at age 92 in Chapin, Lexington, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Vernon was born in 1927. He was the son of William Holladay and Ida Huggins. He passed away in 2019.

Vernon Breckenridge Holladay, Sr., age 92, of Chapin, SC passed away at his home on Wednesday, September 18, 2019.

Vernon was born on May 31, 1927, in Clarendon County to the late William Ruthen Holladay and Ida Isabelle Huggins Holladay.

He was a proud US Veteran having served in the Navy. He was given the task of bringing the wounded home from Italy following WWII. He married the love of his life, Juanice McDaniels in 1950. Together they settled in Columbia, SC and raised their three children Kathy, Breck and Vinson. Vernon was very proud of his family and was excited to become “Deandaddy” to his three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. He will be missed by all who knew and loved him.

A faithful and devoted husband, Vernon was preceded in death by his wife of 67 years, Juanice.

He was the devoted father of Mary Kathyrn Holladay (Michael) of Lexington, SC, Vernon Breckenridge Holladay, Jr. of Lavonia, GA and Vinson Lee Holladay (Rayshell) of Chapin, SC. He was the loving “Deandaddy” to April Selkinghaus (Cliff) , Dawn McAndrews, Holly Volz (Chris), continuing his role as “Deandaddy” to great-grandchildren, Katelyn Selkinghaus, Ty Ochoa, Kathryn McAndrews, Skylar Volz, Nicholas Volz, and Aubrey Volz. He is also survived one brother, Bob Holladay; and three sisters, Carolyn Hardee, Mary Watson, and Willene Johnson.

Sources

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203156692/vernon-breckenridge-holladay : accessed 18 April 2022), memorial page for Vernon Breckenridge Holladay Sr. (31 May 1927–18 Sep 2019), Find a Grave Memorial ID 203156692, citing Elmwood Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Find a Grave (contributor 8) .

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Vernon by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Vernon: