Holladay, Gladys Pearl Wall (1907~) Gladys Holladay was born January 25, 1907 in Hewitt, Texas to Samuel Wiley Wall and Pearl Williams Wall. Mrs. Holladay finished her junior year at the University of Texas studying Home Economics. For two and a half years during World War II, she worked in the Bond Division of the State Treasury. She worked as a booking agent in the library for the Texas State Health Department for seventeen years. She was member of the First Baptist Church and was the president of the Church Association. Also, she was a member of the State Officials and Wives Club.