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Holmes

Memorial services for Garry Olen Holmes, 75, of Thorndale will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 31, 2021, at Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home in Rockdale.

Mr. Holmes died Thursday, July 22, at his home in Thorndale.

He was born Jan. 9, 1946, in Jewett to Olen and Opal (Sanders) Holmes.

Mr. Holmes was a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army from 1968 to 1971 and was stationed in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970. He received a Bronze Star for bravery.

On Sept. 10, 1966, he married Carolyn Ireland in Rockdale. To this union two daughters were born.

Mr. Holmes was a self-employed business owner for 35 years.

After retirement, the Holmes moved to Thorndale, where they lived the past two years.

Mr. Holmes was preceded in death by his parents, Olen and Opal Holme,s and sister, Judy Quinney.

Survivors are his wife, Carolyn Ireland Holmes; two daughters, Gari Ellen Ynostrosa and husband Ralph, Zena Preiss and husband Brian; three grandchildren, Jordan Heller and husband Andrew, Alexandra Wendt and husband James, Joseph Brucia; and two great-grandchildren, Carley Nicole Wendt and Carson James Wendt.

Memorials may be made to Wounded Warriors at www.woundedwarriorproject.org or to K9s for Warriors at www.k9sforwarriors.org.

Rockdale Reporter

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