Obituaries: Grace Holmes, 1955, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 20, 1955 Winn Parish Enterprise

Mrs. Grace Holmes Succumbs; Buried In West Monroe

Funeral services for Mrs. Grace Holmes, 77, who died in a local hospital were
held in Monroe Sunday afternoon, with burial in the Hasley Cemetery in West
Monroe under direction of Hixson Brothers.

Pallbearers were L. L. Brewton, Sr., George Tannehill, Jack Noble, Charles
Slade, Warren Taylor, George Foster, J. S. Trichel, and Bunn Beasley.

Honorary pallbearers were Dr. John T. Mosley and associates of General
Hospital, Dr. J. Q. Graves and officials and members of Brown Paper Mill.

Mrs. Holmes was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Orange, Texas.  She
had resided in West Monroe for many years, but more recently had lived in
Winnfield with her son.  She was a native of Greencastle, Pa.

Her late husband was general manager of the Brown Paper Mill in West Monroe
for a number of years before his death.

Only immediate survivor is a son, John L. Holmes of Winnfield, district forest
manager for the Brown Paper Co.  She also leaves two grandchildren, Charlotte
and Shove Holmes.