Ann Russ Holaday

She was born December 15, 1918 in Shreveport, LA and raised in Albany, TX. Ann was the daughter of the late A. Murray Russ and Lillian Potts Russ. She married Charles "Chili" Austin Holaday on February 23, 1938, and has lived in San Antonio ever since.

She joined the Women's Air Force Service Pilots W.A.S.P. in 1943 and ferried and tested military aircraft for 2 years while her husband served as a naval aviator.

She was a member of the Battle of Flowers Association, San Antonio Art League, San Antonio Museum Association, Conservation Society, San Antonio Country Club, McNay Art Museum, Perennial Garden Club, Bel Meade Garden Club, Southwest Craft Center, Pi Beta Phi Sorority, and was recently inducted into Daedalians, America's premier fraternal organization of military pilots.

Ann will be inducted posthumously into the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame on November 13, 2004 with her fellow W.A.S.P.s from Texas.

She is survived by her daughters, Betsy Lambert and husband, Russ, of Mooresville, NC, and Barbara Dixon and husband, Mark, of Black Forest, CO; her grandchildren, Lindsey Lambert Rivers and husband, Trey, of Raleigh, NC; Katherine Lambert Nesbitt and husband, Matt, of San Francisco, CA; Lauren Holaday Dixon and Ryan Austin Dixon of Black Forest, CO; her sister, Elizabeth Eversberg of San Antonio; her nephews, M. Rob Eversberg, Jr. and wife, Helen, of San Antonio; and Jon Russ Eversberg of Houston, TX; and Rob's children, Leslie, Ashley, Robert and Elizabeth.