Obituaries: George Holmes, 1938, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: April 21, 1938 Winn Parish Enterprise

Auto Accident Claims Life of George Holmes

Funeral Services Will Be Conducted at Baptist Church Friday Morning at 10
O'clock

George Holmes, 29, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Holmes, was instantly killed in
an automobile accident on Highway 167, near Port de Luce bridge at 2 a.m.
Wednesday when he was thrown from a car which swerved in order miss another
car parked without lights on the highway, and the car turned over several
times and landed on him.  He sustained a fractured skull and broken neck and
other injuries.

The other occupants, Edward Gallion, who was driving, and Jack Tannehill,
escaped with minor injuries.

According to reports, the three were driving toward Winnfield when Holmes
noticed a car parked in the road without lights.  It was said that he caught
the wheel as he attempted to steer the car around the parked vehicle.

Holmes was one of the most popular young men in Winnfield.  He is descended
from two of the pioneer families of Winn Parish, Holmes and Fletcher.  He was
a member of the First Baptist Church, the church choir and the men's quartet. 
He graduated from the Winnfield High School in 1925 and later the Bowling
Green, Ky. Business College.  Since that time he has been employed in the Gulf
Public Service office here.

Surviving are his parents, three brothers, Fletcher Holmes of Harlan, Ky.;
Woodrow and J. D. of Winnfield; two sisters, Mrs. T. M. Boyd of Pineville and
Mrs. Cal Clark of Shreveport.

Funeral services will be held at the First Baptist Church Friday morning at 10
o'clock with Rev. B. C. Land in charge.  He will be assisted by Rev. Alwin
Stokes, pastor Presbyterian Church.  Interment will be in the local cemetery.

Active pallbearers will be Jimmie Jenkins, Joe Mitchell, Houston Gates, A. T.
Drewett, Jr., Dick Noah, Leon Cantwell, Percy McKenzie, and Jesse Corley.

Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. John T. Mosley, Jared Beville, Kilgore,
Texas, Alex S. Hill, Jack Tannehill, Edward Gallion, Horace Boyett, John
Emerson, H. L. Debray, Lawrence Donahoe, W. H. Jordan, Earl Honeycutt, Charles
Risher, Carl Butler, C. C. Tebbets, Ruston, La., J. D. Davis, Jena, La., L. J
LeGendre, New Iberia, La., Lynn Kriedler, Pecos, Texas, Kidd Farr, H. E.
Crawford, Frank Wright Grigsby, Ira C. Prosser, Shawneee, Okla., Johnny
Holmes, Robert Heard, Floyd "Preacher" Roberts, Sion Jenkins, W. E. LaCroix,
Ben Trahan, John McCloy, Harold McCloy, John T. DeLoach, J. M. Breedlove, J.
R. Lanier, Leo Sowers, Clayton Taylor, D. L. Hoffman, Dennis Sikes, E. L.
McGuffie, S. L. Garrett, W. F. Minor, George Bell Payne, W. H. Martin, Eugene
Beck, Dan L. Page, R. D. Beville, and Hugh Mercer.