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Submitted: 6/21/14 • Approved: 6/21/14 • Last Updated: 6/24/14 • R1014131-G1014130-S3
Elmer
Oct 20, 1916 - Mar 18, 1987
Georgia
Nov 30, 1919 - May 24, 2010
Both were members of the American Legion
*Obituary
The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee
Friday, May 28, 2010
Rosedale - GEORGIA P. HOLMES, 90, retired Postmaster of Rosedale, passed
away at Delta Regional Medical Center on Monday, May 24, 2010. Funeral
services will be held Sunday, May 30, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. at the First
Baptist Church in Rosedale, MS with the Reverend Allen Robison and the
Reverend Jimmy Breland officiating. Visitation will be Saturday, May 29,
2010 from 4-6 p.m. at Ray Funeral Home in Cleveland, Miss. Additional
funeral services will be conducted at Cobb Funeral Home in Blytheville,
Ark., on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at 2 p.m. with a visitation one hour prior
to the service. Burial will follow the funeral in Elmwood Cemetery in
Blytheville, AR.
Mrs. Holmes was born on November 30, 1919, to James Edison Parrish and Alva
Stevenson Parrish in Blytheville, AR. She married Elmer E. Holmes on
November 19, 1938 in Blytheville, AR.
Mrs. Holmes loved to cook, was a member of National Association of
Postmasters, and was an active member of the First Baptist Church in
Rosedale, MS. She is preceded in death by her husband, Elmer E. Holmes.
She is survived by her sons, Charles W. Holmes of Hollandale, MS and Wayne
E. "Bud" Holmes of Warner Robins, GA; grandchildren, Bradley, Ashley, and
Brian Holmes; sisters: Margie P. Rinehart of Steele, Mo., and Rose P. Crowe
of Blytheville, AR; and brothers, Charles T. Parrish of Sherwood, AR, and
James E. Parrish, Jr. of Huntingdon, TN.
Pallbearers are H.M. Chenault, Jack Bono, Billy Tabb, Don Lindsey, Albert
Bickers, Will Gurley, Charles Fioranelli and Seth "Tee" Travis. Honorary
pallbearers are Joe Barnes, Hugh Ellis Walker, Durwood Long, Wesley Brown,
Ray Travis, Dr. Bill Lewis and Dr. Ben Folk.
Parents:
James E Parrish (1892 - 1977)
Alva Stevenson Mitchell (1896 - 1973)
Contributed on 6/21/14 by hawkinsdonna
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