Edna Mae is from a ranching family in Southern Oklahoma and is a 4th generation Oklahoman. She became “Of Counsel” with the firm in 2008 in the Enid office, oil and gas division. She enjoys the challenge and reward of being a part of the oil and gas industry in Oklahoma. Since joining the firm she has expanded her practice to real estate as well as estate planning and probate law.
Married to the late Western Artist Harold T. Holden, she also served as his business manager. Edna Mae is a writer of western stories, having been published in Western Horseman Magazine, Cowboy Magazine and Persimmon Hill Magazine.
In 2007 she created the Oklahoma Centennial Symphony “Oklahoma..….Where the West Remains” which received the Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy Museum for best Traditional Album in 2008 and was also voted best album by the Western Music Association that same year.
In 2008, Edna Mae received the Governor’s Art Award from Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry for her contributions to the arts in Oklahoma. She is on the Board of Directors of the Northwest Oklahoma Osteopathic Foundation and the Integris Bass Foundation Council and served several years on the Board of Directors of the Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Hall of Fame.
