Obituaries:  Mr. John L. Holmes, Sabine Parish       H-452
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 8, 1994
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Mr. John L. Holmes

  Funeral services for Mr. John Lewis Holmes, 79, of Winnfield,
were held on Wednesday, June 1, in the Southern Chapel, with Fr.
Lee Humphrey officiating. Mr. Holmes died at 4:50 a.m., Tuesday,
May 31, 1994, at North Monroe Hospital. Burial was in the Garden
of Memories, Winnfield, under the direction of Southern Funeral
Home.

  Mr. Holmes was a native of Orange, Texas, and grew up in Monroe.
He was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and a World War
II Army veteran. Mr. Holmes was a retired forester, and horseman,
registered AQHA judge, a retired District Forester, and surveyor
for Brown Paper Mill in West Monroe.

  Survivors include one son, Shove Holmes of Zwolle; one daughter,
Charlotte Smith of Columbia, La.; four grandchildren, George
Smith, John Butler Holmes, Harold Birdwell, and Rebeckah C.
Holmes.