Mr. Jerry Pendley Holmes, age 96, of Summerville, GA, died Friday, August 21, 2015, at his residence.

Mr. Holmes was born December 9, 1918, in Ranger, GA, son of the late Leonard Arthur and Eva Lorraine Chastain Holmes.  He was a member of the Alpine Community Church and was retired from the Georgia Forestry Commission.  He was also a member of the Toastmasters of Rome, the Fairmount Ruritan Club, Red Carpet Cattlemen, Farm Bureau, and the Gordon Democratic Committee.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Vance Earl Holmes; sisters,  Beatrice Richardson, Eunice Holmes, Estelle Watkins, and Earlee Nesbitt.

Mr. Holmes is survived by his wife, Carolyn Eubanks Holmes; a son, Jerry Donald Holmes; daughters and sons-in-law, Beth and Lynn Hall, Diane Squires and Bob Stringfield, Esther and Tommy Ball, and Brenda Holmes; a sister, Ruth Wood; grandchildren, Angie and Joseph Culbert, Christy Hall, Jamie and Randy Corbin, Stephanie and Jeff Whitlock, Tommy and Christina Ball, James and Eva Ball, Caroline Holmes and Rodney Johnson, Amy Potts and Brad Nolan, Sarah and Paul Levasseur; great-grandchildren, Chase Culbert, Cody Corbin, Lillie and Lila Ball, Ian Ball, Aiden Holmes, Chloe and Maddie Johnson, Blake Harris, Jimmy and Jacob Owens, and Anna and Jack Levasseur.

Funeral services for Mr. Holmes will be held at 3:00 P.M. Saturday, August 22, 2015, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Tommy Pledger officiating.  Interment will follow in the Alpine Cemetery.  Active pallbearers will be Thomas Ball III, James A. Ball, Paul Levasseur, Rodney Johnson, Randy Corbin, Joseph Culbert, Brad Nolan, and Jeff Whitlock.

Mr. Holmes will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 2:00 P.M. until the hour of service on Saturday.

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