Obit: Viola Roberson Hoss Holmes, Caddo Par., Louisiana
Submitted by: G. T. Kellogg, Jr.
Date: Sep. 1998


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Viola Roberson Hoss Holmes, Maternal Grandmother, Caddo Parish
Reproduced from the Shreveport Times, Page 12A - April 18, 1969

MRS. HOLMES' RITES TODAY IN HOSSTON

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. at the Hosston Baptist Church for
Mrs. Viola Holmes, 76, of Hosston, who was killed in an automobile accident
Wednesday afternoon near Belcher.
She was a passenger in the car driven by her husband, Louis W. Holmes, 76,
when their car struck a cow and two calves on U. S. Highway 71.  Mr. Holmes
was not hurt.  Mrs. Holmes had been a member of the Caddo Parish School Board
29 years and they were going to a meeting of the school board when the
accident happened.
Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. G. T. Kelloff (sic -Kellogg) of
Little Rock, Arkansas and Mrs. Jeanette Smith of Arlington, Virginia, a
sister, Mrs. Gene Dodson of Plain Dealing and three grand children.
Officiating at the services will be the Rev. Robert Benton, pastor of the
Hosston Baptist Church.  Burial will be at Forest Park Cemetery by Hanner
Funeral Home of Vivian.
Pallbearers will be Morris Roberson, Buddy Hoss, Alfred Farrington, Butler
Dodson and Dr. Wyett (sic - Wyeth) Worley.

Note: Parent's Obituaries (J. J. Roberson and Helen May Roberson) On File In
Bossier Parish