Background

Barnette, Jeanne Holman was born on February 15, 1924 in Baltimore. Daughter of George Willis and Martha Annette (Alrich) Holman.

Education

Certified Sectl. Science, University of Southern California, 1942.

Career

Clerk Ration Board, Columbia, South Carolina, 1942-1943. Secretary Hartsville (South Carolina) Chemical Company, 1950-1952. Library secretary Queens College, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1959-1961.

Administrative assistant education Myers Park Baptist Church, 1962-1979. Administrative assistant personnel Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, 1979-1989. Teacher preschool St. John's Baptist Church, Charlotte, 1989-1990, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, 1990-1992, Myers Park Baptist Church, Charlotte, 1992—2000, Matthews Presbyterian, since 2000, member ecumenical preschool committee, since 2004.

Achievements

• Avocations: sewing, reading, decorating, volunteer work. F C.

Membership

Board directors Hospitality House of Charlotte Auxiliary, since 1998. Member National Association for Education Young Children, North Carolina Association for Education of Young Children (governing board, historian, conference planning committee, Barnes-Barnette academy scholarship fund named in her honor 1998), Charlotte-Mecklenburg Association for Education Young Children (board directors 1978-1988), Charlotte-Mecklenburg Association Educational Office Professionals (board directors 1982-1988).

Interests

• Other Interests

  Sewing, reading, decorating, volunteer work.

Connections

Married Arthur Rudolph Ridgeway, Junior, June 12, 1942 (divorced December 1971). Children: Sally Jeanne, Blair Holman, Alice Annette. Married Newton Hall Barnette, December 31, 1987 (deceased February 1995).

father:

George Willis Holman

mother:

Martha Annette (Alrich) Holman

spouse:

Newton Hall Barnette

spouse:

Arthur Rudolph Ridgeway

child:

Sally Jeanne Barnette

child:

Blair Holman Barnette

child:

Alice Annette Barnette