Janetta (Nettie) Belle Simpson Holmes
Born: 16 Mar 1884, Sumner County, TN
Died: 7 Apr 1948, Sumner County, TN
Father: William Simpson
Mother: Leona Alice Doss Simpson
Our Child: Amie Myrtle Holmes

Nettie was the wife of Harry Cleveland Holmes and the daughter of William Simpson (11/15/1844 Sumner Co. TN - 1/7/1909 Sumner Co. TN) and Leona Alice Doss Simpson (7/20/1858-7/16/1932 TN).

 The earliest known Simpson in America is John “The Scotsman” Simpson, who came to America in the late 1600s. Joyce Hetrick tells about John “The Scotsman” and his descendants starting on (Joyce Hetrick)”

Children of Harry Cleveland Holmes and Janetta (Nettie) Bell Simpson

Virgil Lloyd Holmes b: 19 AUG 1906 in Sumner Co, Tennessee Married Selma Hunter. Had a daughter Peggy died of breast cancer about 2005. Lloyd worked as a very successful salesman and was a very too golfer who was able to shoot his age when he was in his 70s. He had tickets to the Masters golf tournament for the last 20+ years of his life.

Amy Myrtle Holmes b: 5 SEP 1908 in Sumner Co, Tennessee Married SD Smith. Had sons William Smith b: 12 Oct 1924, Fred Dwight Smith b: 16 Oct 1928, Bobby Cleveland Smith b: 1931 d: 1932

Amy moved with her family to Indianapolis around 1937. She worked at Service Products in Indianapolis.

William Smith, aka Bill or Dickie, was the first child. He was 4 years older than Fred but they were best of friends. A funny story Fred told was when they were young Bill and Fred slept in a room that was adjacent to the room where their parents slept. Bill told Fred to yell “Stop digging those taters in there and get up and fix some breakfast”, which he did. SD didn't think it was so funny. When they returned home they found that their beds had been moved upstairs.

Once when Bill did something bad, Amy made Bill go out to the peach tree and cut the switch she was going to use on him. He went and got the switch and gave it to her. When she hit him with the switch it immediately broke into pieces from where Bill had put notches in the branch. Amy couldn't help but to start laughing, and told him to just get out of here.

Bill was the first of the family to come to Indianapolis. He arrived a couple of weeks earlier and moved into he aunt Paulines home until the rest of the family arrived. He got a job as a bicycle delivery boy. Although he was thin and weighed maybe 160 pounds, he was a bouncer at a bar that had a reputation of being one of the roughest bars in Indianapolis, the Hollywood bar.

Bill was killed when a gun “accidently discharged” in a bar he was in, striking him in the stomach.

William Altrice Holmes b: 8 MAR 1911 in Sumner Co, Tennessee Married Viola Moncrief. Son William Richard married ?? Cane. Was a good athlete and played ball for West Moreland high school. He also had sons Steven and Larry .

Ezma Pauline Holmes b: 15 NOV 1912 in Sumner Co, Tennessee Married Joe Story. Had children James Arlis, Joanne (Hodges), Jackie (Male) and Judy.

Fannie Lucille Holmes b: 3 FEB 1916 in Sumner Co, Tennessee Married John Bell Alexander. They had a daughter named Charlotte.

Margaret Marie Holmes b: 14 JAN 1918 in Sumner Co, Tennessee Married Levy Pardue. They had a daughter Nancy who married Pat Alexander. Margaret was later married to Leroy Snider.

Geneva Holmes – Woodly Hill, Johnny Caruthers daughter glenda, miller daughter mary

Lucille – John Bell Alexander, Charlotte

Documents

1900 Census shows Nettie as a child

1910 Census shows Netty as wife of Cleveland

1920 Census

1930 Census