Walker, Rosa G. Holmes.

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Business entrepreneur and funeral home director. After the death of her husband, J. C. Holmes, in 1916, she operated the Holmes Funeral Directors, Inc. in Jacksonville. Married Reverend Thomas H. B. Walker, a Methodist minister and author, in 1918. Managed real estate properties in Jacksonville and New York.

From the guide to the Rosa G. Holmes Walker Papers, 1871-1943, 1920-1930, (Thomas G. Carpenter Library, University of North Florida)

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creatorOf Rosa G. Holmes Walker Papers, 1871-1943, 1920-1930 Thomas G. Carpenter Library, University of North Florida
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associatedWith Glover family. family
associatedWith Glover, Fannie. person
associatedWith Glover, Henry L. person
associatedWith Holmes Funeral Home (Jacksonville, Fla.) corporateBody
associatedWith Holmes, J. C. person
associatedWith Holmes Walker family. family
associatedWith Walker, Thomas H. B. (Thomas Hamilton Beb), b. 1873 person
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Jacksonville (Fla.)
Duval County (Fla.)
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African American businesspeople
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