The Holmes' found jobs in Chicago in the Post Office and as a school teacher. In 1964, the Holmes' returned to Mississippi to care for Mr. Holmes' ailing mother. The Holmes raised a family of six children. The children failed to find good jobs in the Delta even though that they had gone to college. W hen asked about the jobs available in the Delta, Mrs. Holmes replied, there are few jobs.
People take whatever jobs they can find.
Most people in the community work in the school system as teachers. Each year, the jobs in the Delta become more limited. The men from Mound Bayou previously worked in factories, however, almost all remaining factories have moved to cities such as Greenville, Cleveland and Clarksdale. In Mound Bayou, there are no factories, no cotton production, and few other jobs. Slowly the town's population has dwindled.