Background

Holmes, Hal was born on October 18, 1908 in Trenton, Tennessee, United States. Son of Victor Hal and Alice Mosely (Davidson) Holmes.

Education

Student, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1930. Bachelor of Laws, Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, 1931.

Career

Private practice, Trenton, 1931—1934. Partner Holmes and Holmes, 1934—1967. Associate Malone, Holmes and Gossum, since 1968.

With Combat Engineers, 1944-1946.

Achievements

• Bar: Tennessee 1931, United States District Court (western district) Tennessee 1936, United States Court Appeals (6th circuit) 1980.

Religion

Regular ceremonies enable people to open themselves to God more fully. They help people to hear God's offer and challenge ever more deeply, and to allow God to prompt and enable them to respond.

Politics

Working in partnership with different Christian denominations allows influencing public policy more effectively.

Views

Church members should be close and caring to feel each other's pains and problems. The good of the whole body of the Christian society should be put before individual needs.

Membership

Member of Gibson County Bar Association.

Connections

Married Margarette Harrison, October 31, 1937. 1 child Hal.

father:

Victor Hal Holmes

mother:

Alice Mosely (Davidson) Holmes

spouse:

Margarette Harrison

child:

Hal Holmes