Ruth Atkinson Holmes (1909 - December 5, 1981) was an American painter and philanthropist. She was a member of the "Summit Trio" in Summit, Mississippi in the 1960s.

Holmes was born in Hazlehurst, Mississippi in 1909.^[1][2] She was educated at the Mississippi University for Women, Mississippi College, Tulane University, and Southwest Mississippi Junior College.^[2]

Holmes became an encaustic painter in her spare time.^[3] In the 1960s,^[1] she began exhibiting her work with Bess Phipps Dawson and Halcyone Barnes in Summit, Mississippi. The three artists became known as the "Summit Trio."^[2][4][5] Holmes donated art to the Mississippi Museum of Art,^[4][5] and African artwork to Delta State University.^[2]

Holmes was married twice: first to F. C. Atkinson, with whom she had a son, and secondly to Louie M. Holmes.^[2] She resided in Summit with her first husband and in McComb with her second husband, where she died on December 5, 1981.^[2][4][5] Her funeral was held at the J.J. White Memorial Presbyterian Church.^[4][5]

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