| Ruth Atkinson Holmes | |
| Birth Name: | Ruth Miller |
| Birth Date: | 1909 |
| Birth Place: | Hazlehurst, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Death Date: | December 5, 1981 |
| Death Place: | McComb, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Education: | Mississippi University for Women Mississippi College Tulane University Southwest Mississippi Junior College |
| Occupation: | Painter, philanthropist |
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Ruth Atkinson Holmes (1909 - December 5, 1981) was an American painter and philanthropist. She was a member of the "Summit Trio" in Summit, Mississippi in the 1960s.
Holmes was born in Hazlehurst, Mississippi in 1909.[1] [2] She was educated at the Mississippi University for Women, Mississippi College, Tulane University, and Southwest Mississippi Junior College.[2]
Holmes became an encaustic painter in her spare time.[3] In the 1960s,[1] she began exhibiting her work with Bess Phipps Dawson and Halcyone Barnes in Summit, Mississippi. The three artists became known as the "Summit Trio."[2] [4] [5] Holmes donated art to the Mississippi Museum of Art,[4] [5] and African artwork to Delta State University.[2]
Holmes was married twice: first to F. C. Atkinson, with whom she had a son, and secondly to Louie M. Holmes.[2] She resided in Summit with her first husband and in McComb with her second husband, where she died on December 5, 1981.[2] [4] [5] Her funeral was held at the J.J. White Memorial Presbyterian Church.[4] [5]