Taliaferro-Clarke-Fulton County GaArchives Obituaries.....Holden, Horace Moore February 7, 1936
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The Advocate-Democrat, Friday, February 14, 1936
Judge H.M. Holden Dies Friday Morning

Judge Horace M. Holden, distinguished member of the Georgia bar and a former 
justice of the State Supreme Court, died Friday at his home on Main Street. He 
was in his seventieth year. 

Judge Holden had been ill about ten days, although his condition did not 
become serious until less than a week before his death.

Born in Warren County on March 5, 1866, he was the son of William Franklin 
Holden, who represented Taliaferro County in the state legislature for several 
years. His mother was Nancy Moore, a member of a distinguished family in 
Eastern Georgia.

Graduate of Georgia
At the age of 19 he was graduated from the University of Georgia with the 
class of 1885, one of his classmates being William H. Barrett, now judge of 
the United States Court for the Southern District of Georgia. He returned to 
Crawfordville and began practice of law in 1886, continuing as a member of the 
bar until 1901, when he became judge of the Northern Circuit, Superior Court.

Judge Holden served on the Superior Court bench until 1907 when he was 
elevated to the Georgia Supreme Court, serving until 1911 and resigning to re-
enter the practice of law.

For many years he made his home in Athens, where he was signally honored by 
the Athens Bar Association, one of the most historical organizations of its 
kind in the south. He succeeded the late Judge Andrew Cobb as president of the 
association and his retirement from that office, when he removed to Atlanta a 
few years ago, was made the occasion of a memorable tribute by his colleagues 
at the bar.

Had resided in Atlanta  
Judge Holden spent the last few years of his life in Atlanta, moving back to 
his old home only a few months ago.

A profound student of Georgia history, Judge Holden was particularly active in 
the movement to restore Liberty Hall, the homestead of Alexander H. Stephens, 
vice president of the Confederacy, at Crawfordville. He was master of 
ceremonies when Liberty Hall was restored and reopened a few years ago, having 
also served in like capacity when the Alexander Stephens monument was unveiled.

In 1893 he married Miss Mary Corry, of Greene County, a great-niece of 
Alexander Stephens. She, with four children, survive him. They are Frank A. 
Holden, Georgia director of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation; Mrs. L.M. Paul; 
Mrs. Harry Johnston of West Palm Beach, Fla. and Mrs. Charles W. Pagan of 
Washington, D.C.

Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the 
Crawfordville Baptist church with the Rev. R.E.L. Harris, pastor of the 
Hogansville Baptist church, assisted by the Rev. George C. Steed, officiating. 
Interment was in the Crawfordville cemetery.

Pallbearers were Messrs. Alex Weaver, W.M. Weaver, and Albert Jennings, Macon; 
Oscar Beazley, Harold Holden Kendrick, Atlanta; Watson White, J.P. Ellington 
and Hawes Cloud.

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