Obituaries: Ada Fletcher Holmes, 1946, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: October 3, 1946 Winn Parish Enterprise

Death Claims Mrs. John D. Holmes Thursday Morning

Mrs. Ada Fletcher Holmes, wife of John D. Holmes of Winnfield, died at her
home here Thursday morning, October 3, at 10 o'clock following an illness of
a number of years duration.  Funeral arrangements had not been made as The
Enterprise went to press, however it was said that burial would be made in the
Winnfield Cemetery.

Born in Beech Creek community of Winn Parish, Mrs. Holmes was the daughter of
the late George Fletcher and Sibbie McCarty Fletcher.  In 1900 she was married
to John D. Holmes, and they moved to Winnfield where they made their home and
reared their family.  She was a member of the First Baptist Church and was 70
years of age at the time of her death.

Besides her husband, John D. Holmes of Winnfield, she leaves two daughters,
Mrs. T. M. Boyd, of Shreveport and Mrs. C. A. Clark of Orange, Texas; three
sons, Fletcher M. Holmes of Middlesboro, Ky.; Woodrow Holmes of Jonesboro; and
Capltain J. D. Holmes of Shreveport.  She is also survived by one brother, R.
H. Fletcher of Winnfield; and three sisters, Mrs. C. M. Jarrell of Epps, La.;
Mrs. C. W. Smith, Ruston; and Mrs. J. A. Vickers, Winnfield, Route Two.