[1] She worked as a Red Cross volunteer during World War II in England and France assigned to the 394th Bombardment Group of the Ninth Air Force.
[1] While she was publisher, the Chattanooga Times took on an anti-establishment tone supporting the racial integration of schools, civil rights legislation, clean-air laws, anti-corruption initiatives, and an expanded role for blacks in local government.
[1] In the 1980s, she merged the newspaper's back office with arch-rival The News-Free Press although keeping news and editorials separate.
Her first husband was Ben Hale Golden (died 1970), a Christian and Army Air Force officer whom she had met while she was in Europe during World War II.
[1][4][5] In 1972, she married Albert William Holmberg Jr. who was initially in charge of production, advertising and circulation at the paper; and was later named president.