SGM E-9 Ronald H Holmes Sr., age 88, passed from this life on November 29, 2021 at the VA Medical Center in Tuscaloosa. A visitation will be held Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM at Memory Chapel, followed immediately by a Funeral Service at 2:00PM from the funeral home Chapel. A Graveside Service, with Military Honors will follow from Memory Hill Gardens, Garden of Prayer. Ronald was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 17, 1933 to the late Paul and Ruby Aney Holmes. He won a scholarship to play baseball for the University of Minnesota High School, but when the Korean war broke out the got his parents signatures and was able to enlist in the Army. He became a paratrooper for the 11th Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. While in Kentucky, he met his wife.
. During his enlistment in the Army, Mr. Holmes was taken to the Yucca Flats in 1951 to watch the testing of the Atomic Bomb, making him part of the historical "Atomic Veterans." Ron spent 30 years in the military with tours of duty in Germany, France and Korea. During these tours his family was able to accompany him to Germany and France. In his later years, he served the Army as a Recruiter. Mr. Holmes was a decorated veteran, having been awarded numerous medals and awards. He and Peggy were baptized together in 1954, a week before their wedding, obeying the Gospel at the Church of Christ, being a member of the church in Clarksville, Tennessee until his death. Mr. Holmes will be missed greatly and loved forever, as a Christian, a great American and a devout family man. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one son Gary Lee Holmes I; sisters Marvel Bacon, Mavis Kosnaphal and Shirley Stevens; and brothers Lester Holmes and Paul "Bud" Holmes.
. During his enlistment in the Army, Mr. Holmes was taken to the Yucca Flats in 1951 to watch the testing of the Atomic Bomb, making him part of the historical "Atomic Veterans." Ron spent 30 years in the military with tours of duty in Germany, France and Korea. During these tours his family was able to accompany him to Germany and France. In his later years, he served the Army as a Recruiter. Mr. Holmes was a decorated veteran, having been awarded numerous medals and awards. He and Peggy were baptized together in 1954, a week before their wedding, obeying the Gospel at the Church of Christ, being a member of the church in Clarksville, Tennessee until his death. Mr. Holmes will be missed greatly and loved forever, as a Christian, a great American and a devout family man. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one son Gary Lee Holmes I; sisters Marvel Bacon, Mavis Kosnaphal and Shirley Stevens; and brothers Lester Holmes and Paul "Bud" Holmes.
SGM E-9 Ronald H Holmes Sr., age 88, passed from this life on November 29, 2021 at the VA Medical Center in Tuscaloosa. A visitation will be held Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM at Memory Chapel, followed immediately by a Funeral Service at 2:00PM from the funeral home Chapel. A Graveside Service, with Military Honors will follow from Memory Hill Gardens, Garden of Prayer. Ronald was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 17, 1933 to the late Paul and Ruby Aney Holmes. He won a scholarship to play baseball for the University of Minnesota High School, but when the Korean war broke out the got his parents signatures and was able to enlist in the Army. He became a paratrooper for the 11th Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. While in Kentucky, he met his wife.
. During his enlistment in the Army, Mr. Holmes was taken to the Yucca Flats in 1951 to watch the testing of the Atomic Bomb, making him part of the historical "Atomic Veterans." Ron spent 30 years in the military with tours of duty in Germany, France and Korea. During these tours his family was able to accompany him to Germany and France. In his later years, he served the Army as a Recruiter. Mr. Holmes was a decorated veteran, having been awarded numerous medals and awards. He and Peggy were baptized together in 1954, a week before their wedding, obeying the Gospel at the Church of Christ, being a member of the church in Clarksville, Tennessee until his death. Mr. Holmes will be missed greatly and loved forever, as a Christian, a great American and a devout family man. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one son Gary Lee Holmes I; sisters Marvel Bacon, Mavis Kosnaphal and Shirley Stevens; and brothers Lester Holmes and Paul "Bud" Holmes.
. During his enlistment in the Army, Mr. Holmes was taken to the Yucca Flats in 1951 to watch the testing of the Atomic Bomb, making him part of the historical "Atomic Veterans." Ron spent 30 years in the military with tours of duty in Germany, France and Korea. During these tours his family was able to accompany him to Germany and France. In his later years, he served the Army as a Recruiter. Mr. Holmes was a decorated veteran, having been awarded numerous medals and awards. He and Peggy were baptized together in 1954, a week before their wedding, obeying the Gospel at the Church of Christ, being a member of the church in Clarksville, Tennessee until his death. Mr. Holmes will be missed greatly and loved forever, as a Christian, a great American and a devout family man. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one son Gary Lee Holmes I; sisters Marvel Bacon, Mavis Kosnaphal and Shirley Stevens; and brothers Lester Holmes and Paul "Bud" Holmes.
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