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Alfred A. Holmes - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Vicksburg Post October 10, 2002

TALLULAH - Alfred A. Holmes died Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2002, at Madison Parish 
Hospital. He was 77. 

Mr. Holmes was a veteran of World War II, serving the Army in the European 
Theatre. He moved to Tallulah in 1949 and worked as a mechanic and service manager 
for Lamar T. Loe Chevrolet before co-founding H&H Repair Service in 1973. 
He was senior deacon of Parkview Baptist Church and was church treasurer for 29 years. 

Survivors include his wife, Bonnie Price Holmes; three sons, Darryl Holmes of 
Delhi, Shelby Holmes and Mark Holmes, both of Tallulah; two daughters, Karen Cobb 
and Phyllis Williams, both of Tallulah; two sisters, Cleora Cassels of Rosefield, La., 
and Rowena Adams of Tallulah; and 12 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. 

Services were at 11 a.m. today at Parkview Baptist Church with the Revs. Cletus 
Moak and Fulton McGraw officiating. Burial followed at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Pallbearers were grandsons: David Cobb, Michael Henson, Phillip Henson, Lynn Holmes, 
Steven Holmes, Tracy Holmes and Andrew Holmes. 

Honorary pallbearers were deacons of Parkview Baptist Church, Collins Thomas and Don Butler.