Services for Gary Wayne "Big Chief" Holmes age 60 of Clarks will be held 11:00 AM Saturday October 27, 2018 from the sanctuary of Old Bethel Baptist Church with Rev. Steven Laughlin and Bro. Glyn Adams delivering the eulogy. Burial will follow in the Old Bethel Cemetery at Clarks with services entrusted to Riser & Son Funeral Home of Columbia. Visitation will be at the church on Friday October 26, 2018 from 5:00 PM to 8:30 PM.
Gary Wayne Holmes was born on July 18, 1958, to the union of his parents Lewis Morrow Holmes and Jimmie Layne Prudhomme Holmes and he passed from this life on October 23, 2018, at the St. Francis Medical Center (downtown campus) following an extended illness. He was preceded in death by his parents and by two brothers: Michael Holmes and Lynn Holmes. He was a member of Old Bethel Baptist Church and was retired as a chief engineer with Canal Barge. Gary loved drag racing and enjoyed always being there to help someone in need. He was a loving friend and was a Volunteer Fireman for many years being his fire fighting career in the Sydney Ray Doffett memorial fire station. He was a Mason and a member of the Eastern Star. Foremost he was a loving husband, father, grandfather, son, brother and friend. Gary absolutely had a heart of gold and a heart to serve.
Left to cherish a lifetime of memories is his beloved wife of thirty-seven years Phyllis Holmes of Clarks, two sons: Brandon Holmes and wife Jennifer of Lake Charles; Jonathan Holmes and wife Kristen of Clarks; his daughter: Abigail Holmes Goss and husband Chad of Lafayette; his sister: Lisa Holmes Anderson and husband Mack of West Monroe; and his grandchildren who were one of the brightest lights in his life; Phillip Holmes, Margaret Holmes, Eleanor Holmes, Harper Goss, Quinn Goss and Jarrett Holmes.
Serving as pallbearers will be Steven Thibodeaux, John Pug Hintson, Doug Stamper, Tracey Pauley, Jim Wallace and Kevin Thompson. Honorary pallbearers includen John Reitzell, Elbert Lee Pauley, John Foy and Pam Doffett.
Gary Wayne Holmes was born on July 18, 1958, to the union of his parents Lewis Morrow Holmes and Jimmie Layne Prudhomme Holmes and he passed from this life on October 23, 2018, at the St. Francis Medical Center (downtown campus) following an extended illness. He was preceded in death by his parents and by two brothers: Michael Holmes and Lynn Holmes. He was a member of Old Bethel Baptist Church and was retired as a chief engineer with Canal Barge. Gary loved drag racing and enjoyed always being there to help someone in need. He was a loving friend and was a Volunteer Fireman for many years being his fire fighting career in the Sydney Ray Doffett memorial fire station. He was a Mason and a member of the Eastern Star. Foremost he was a loving husband, father, grandfather, son, brother and friend. Gary absolutely had a heart of gold and a heart to serve.
Left to cherish a lifetime of memories is his beloved wife of thirty-seven years Phyllis Holmes of Clarks, two sons: Brandon Holmes and wife Jennifer of Lake Charles; Jonathan Holmes and wife Kristen of Clarks; his daughter: Abigail Holmes Goss and husband Chad of Lafayette; his sister: Lisa Holmes Anderson and husband Mack of West Monroe; and his grandchildren who were one of the brightest lights in his life; Phillip Holmes, Margaret Holmes, Eleanor Holmes, Harper Goss, Quinn Goss and Jarrett Holmes.
Serving as pallbearers will be Steven Thibodeaux, John Pug Hintson, Doug Stamper, Tracey Pauley, Jim Wallace and Kevin Thompson. Honorary pallbearers includen John Reitzell, Elbert Lee Pauley, John Foy and Pam Doffett.
Services for Gary Wayne "Big Chief" Holmes age 60 of Clarks will be held 11:00 AM Saturday October 27, 2018 from the sanctuary of Old Bethel Baptist Church with Rev. Steven Laughlin and Bro. Glyn Adams delivering the eulogy. Burial will follow in the Old Bethel Cemetery at Clarks with services entrusted to Riser & Son Funeral Home of Columbia. Visitation will be at the church on Friday October 26, 2018 from 5:00 PM to 8:30 PM.
Gary Wayne Holmes was born on July 18, 1958, to the union of his parents Lewis Morrow Holmes and Jimmie Layne Prudhomme Holmes and he passed from this life on October 23, 2018, at the St. Francis Medical Center (downtown campus) following an extended illness. He was preceded in death by his parents and by two brothers: Michael Holmes and Lynn Holmes. He was a member of Old Bethel Baptist Church and was retired as a chief engineer with Canal Barge. Gary loved drag racing and enjoyed always being there to help someone in need. He was a loving friend and was a Volunteer Fireman for many years being his fire fighting career in the Sydney Ray Doffett memorial fire station. He was a Mason and a member of the Eastern Star. Foremost he was a loving husband, father, grandfather, son, brother and friend. Gary absolutely had a heart of gold and a heart to serve.
Left to cherish a lifetime of memories is his beloved wife of thirty-seven years Phyllis Holmes of Clarks, two sons: Brandon Holmes and wife Jennifer of Lake Charles; Jonathan Holmes and wife Kristen of Clarks; his daughter: Abigail Holmes Goss and husband Chad of Lafayette; his sister: Lisa Holmes Anderson and husband Mack of West Monroe; and his grandchildren who were one of the brightest lights in his life; Phillip Holmes, Margaret Holmes, Eleanor Holmes, Harper Goss, Quinn Goss and Jarrett Holmes.
Serving as pallbearers will be Steven Thibodeaux, John Pug Hintson, Doug Stamper, Tracey Pauley, Jim Wallace and Kevin Thompson. Honorary pallbearers includen John Reitzell, Elbert Lee Pauley, John Foy and Pam Doffett.
Gary Wayne Holmes was born on July 18, 1958, to the union of his parents Lewis Morrow Holmes and Jimmie Layne Prudhomme Holmes and he passed from this life on October 23, 2018, at the St. Francis Medical Center (downtown campus) following an extended illness. He was preceded in death by his parents and by two brothers: Michael Holmes and Lynn Holmes. He was a member of Old Bethel Baptist Church and was retired as a chief engineer with Canal Barge. Gary loved drag racing and enjoyed always being there to help someone in need. He was a loving friend and was a Volunteer Fireman for many years being his fire fighting career in the Sydney Ray Doffett memorial fire station. He was a Mason and a member of the Eastern Star. Foremost he was a loving husband, father, grandfather, son, brother and friend. Gary absolutely had a heart of gold and a heart to serve.
Left to cherish a lifetime of memories is his beloved wife of thirty-seven years Phyllis Holmes of Clarks, two sons: Brandon Holmes and wife Jennifer of Lake Charles; Jonathan Holmes and wife Kristen of Clarks; his daughter: Abigail Holmes Goss and husband Chad of Lafayette; his sister: Lisa Holmes Anderson and husband Mack of West Monroe; and his grandchildren who were one of the brightest lights in his life; Phillip Holmes, Margaret Holmes, Eleanor Holmes, Harper Goss, Quinn Goss and Jarrett Holmes.
Serving as pallbearers will be Steven Thibodeaux, John Pug Hintson, Doug Stamper, Tracey Pauley, Jim Wallace and Kevin Thompson. Honorary pallbearers includen John Reitzell, Elbert Lee Pauley, John Foy and Pam Doffett.
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