Xinia Ruth (Holmes) Durette
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Title
Xinia Ruth (Holmes) Durette
Subject
Durette, Xina Ruth Holmes (1892-1968)
School principals - Virginia - Luray
Reporters - Virginia - Luray
Description
Portrait photograph of Xinia Ruth (Holmes) Durette.
Her parents were Daniel F. and Louisa (Lehew) Holmes. She was from Luray, Virginia.
She married Eugene Preston Durette from Earlysville, near Charlottesville, in 1929. That marriage ended in divorce.
Xinia was a newspaper reporter, teacher, and school principal in Luray, Virginia.
Her parents were Daniel F. and Louisa (Lehew) Holmes. She was from Luray, Virginia.
She married Eugene Preston Durette from Earlysville, near Charlottesville, in 1929. That marriage ended in divorce.
Xinia was a newspaper reporter, teacher, and school principal in Luray, Virginia.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
ca 1940s
Contributor
Identified in 2002 by Jack L. Cullers, who remembered her being the principal of his elementary school.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Identifier
002948
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Xinia Ruth (Holmes) Durette,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed February 2, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/28730.
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