Bert Otis E. Holmes

Background

Holmes, Bert Otis E. was born on September 20, 1921 in Milan, Tennessee, United States. Son of Otis E. and Mary (Lassiter) Holmes.

Education

Associate of Arts, Magnolia A. and M. Junior College, 1940; Bachelor of Science, Southern Methodist U., 1942.

Career

Successively copy reader, makeup editor, state editor, city staff reporter, city editor, Dallas Times Herald, 1946-1956; news editor, Dallas Times Herald, 1956-1960; assistant managing editor, Dallas Times Herald, 1960-1964; executive editor, Dallas Times Herald, 1964-1965; associate editor, Dallas Times Herald, 1965-1990.

Achievements

• Bert Otis E. Holmes has been listed as a noteworthy newspaperman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Family Svc. Agency, 1963-1968, Texas United Community Superior vena cava syndrome, 1970-1972, Senior Citizens of Greater Dallas, 1995-1996. Board directors Dallas United Fund, Dallas Community Council With Army of the United States, 1942-1946, PTO. Member Dallas Assembly, Sigma Delta Chi, Dallas Press Club (president 1957,78-79).

Connections

Married Marian Bush, June 10, 1942 (deceased November 1964). Children: Bert Otis E., Richard Bush. Married Helen Hankins, July 24, 1965.

Children: Chris, David.

Father:

Otis E. Holmes

Mother:

Mary (Lassiter) Holmes

Spouse:

Helen Hankins

Spouse:

Marian Bush

child:

David Holmes

child:

Richard Bush Holmes

child:

Bert Otis E. Holmes

child:

Chris Holmes