McQueen, Amy

 

FIRST NAME:      Amy (nee Holderby)       LAST NAME:       McQueen            ROLE:    Homemaker

OTHER NAMES:                 Ann McQueen

BORN:                   WHERE:                Carmi, IL

DIED:                     3 Aug 1951 (cancer)        WHERE:                Punta Gorda, FL

MOTHER:                            

FATHER:               N. Holderby

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SPOUSEs:            David Norman McQueen (m. 19 Oct 1906)

CHILDREN:          Donald Norman, Lucille, Nathaniel, Charles and Howard

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RELATIONSHIPS                Amy Holderby met D Norman McQueen in Punta Gorda in 1904 while she was wintering with her family in the McLane house on Retta Esplanade; Nurse Coston, Josie Jones

PLACES AND/OR GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF RESIDENCE:  Carmi IL, Valdosta GA, Punta Gorda FL

OCCUPATION, SPHERE OF ACTIVITY:        Amy supported Dr. Norman McQueen’s medical practice by turning her front parlor to in-patients and sharing the dining room table with surgery. On calls to Charlotte Harbor or Murdock, Norman had to rely on the ferry and often was detained overnight. Amy capably supervised the made-do clinic in his absence with the help of Nurse Coston and Josie Jones. Norman and Amy were active in the Methodist Church. Norman was a Mason and both were charter members of the Eastern Star.

TITLES AND HONORS:     Pianist for First United Methodist Church, Punta Gorda for 43 years. In 1921, presented the Methodists with their first pipe organ.

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY:

                 In 1904 David Norman McQueen met Amy Holderby from Carmi, IL who, with her family, was spending the winter in Punta Gorda. They started dating, but the next winter the family wintered in Tampa so it wouldn’t look like Amy was running after Norman. Amy’s father would not give consent to their Oct 19, 1906 marriage because Punta Gorda was so far from Carmi, IL. Norman consented to move to Valdosta GA to practice.

People in Punta Gorda kept writing to Norman asking him to return to Punta Gorda; in May 1907 they moved back and then spent the rest of their lives here. Norman established the first drug store in Punta Gorda and managed it until 1911. When the Smith Building was constructed he opened the Seminole Pharmacy and hired his nephew, Martin Luther, from Fayetteville to run the business.

During WWI Norman was stationed in Jacksonville, FL, having just received his orders to go overseas when the Armistice was signed. Norman’s office was a small block building on Taylor Road just off Marion Avenue next to the old Herald building. When it was to be removed, he moved across the street to room in the Princess Hotel.

Norman was a Mason and both he and Amy were charter members of the Eastern Star. Norman served as a member of the School Boar for several years. Both were active in community activities of various kinds, especially musically: Amy an accomplished pianist and Norman singing bass.