Noble Co OK - Obit for John Quincy Holmes

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Obit for John Quincy Holmes

John Quincy Holmes

Garber - Services for John Quincy
Holmes, 78, who died Monday in an Enid
hospital following a period of ill health,
will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the First
Christian Church.  The Rev. Steve
Birdwell will officiate and burial will
be in the Union Cemetery at Billings.
The Anderson Funeral Home of
Garber is in charge of arrangements.

Holmes was born near Billings Sept. 24,
1896, and attended Billings School, later
the University of Oklahoma.  He was a
veteran of World War I.  Holmes was a
member of the Garber Christian Church,
a 50-year member of the American
Legion and the Masonic Lodge at Billings.

On May 15, 1920, he and Thelma S.
Breinholt were married at Billings.  They
lived in Billings where he operated a
grocery store until 1943 when they moved
to Marshall where he was employed by
Champlin Oil Co.  In 1950 they moved to
Enid and six years later to Garber.
Survivors include his wife Thelma of the
home, three daughters, Mrs. Anabel Askey,
Houston, Tex., Mrs. Martin (Ellen) Kingery,
Billings, and Mrs. Linda Bray of Del City,
12 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren,
a sister, Mrs. Mary Danford of Billings.
He was predeceased by his only son
Robert G. Holmes in 1973.