Here is the obit for Vester Holmes which appeared in the McCurtain Gazette on Sunday January 9, 2005 on page 2 of the first section of the paper. Vester Holmes, 70, Broken Bow passed away Friday Jan 7, 2005 at Texarkana, TX. He was born to Elige & Clara Boone Holmes on Feb 16, 1934. Vester retired from Weyerhaeuser in 1997 where he had been a heavy equipment operator. He was a member of Eastside Missionary Baptist Church. He had lived in Broken Bow for the last 51 years. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Marvin Holmes and Elmer Holmes; and one great-grandson, John Allen Coffey. Vester is survived by his wife, Patsy, of the home; his son and daughter in law Frankie & Kathy Holmes, Durant; four brothers, Harmon Holmes, Flagstaff, AZ, Ora Holmes, Frediona, AZ, Robert Holmes, Pickens, and Silas Holmes of Broken Bow; three sisters, Lillie Garner, Pasco, WA, Viola Stovall, Herford, TX and Lorene Rhodes, Osage Beach, MO; three granddaughters, Amanda Coffey, Hurst, TX and Shonda Holmes and Andria Holmes, both of Durant; several nieces, nephews and other relatives; and a host of friends. Services will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday, Jan 10, 2005 at the Conley-White Chapel, Broken Bow with Rev James Davis and Rev Dean Smith officiating. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery, Broken Bow. The family will receive visitors from 3 to 4:00 p.m. Jan 9, 2005 at the Conley-White Chapel in Broken Bow. Donna Walters wrote: >Bonnie there are usually obits in the Tulsa World Newspaper. In some cases >the family doesn't print an obit but the state will put them in the Death >column of the main newspaper which would be The OKC Times and Tulsa World >papers. > >Donna Sue >----- Original Message ----- >From: <Metu12@aol.com> >To: <OKMCCURT-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 9:15 PM >Subject: [OKMCCURT] Vester Holmes > > > > >>Am trying to find obituary for Vester Holmes of Broken Bow, McCurtain, >>Oklahoma. Mr. Holmes died the week of Jan. 3-7th, 2005. Any help would be >> >> >greatly > > >>appreciated. >> >>Thank you, >>Bonnie >> >> >>==== OKMCCURT Mailing List ==== >>CONTACT the list admin. at tawshasroots@yahoo.com >>Visit the McCurtain county page at >> >> >http://www.rootsweb.com/~okmccurt/mccurt.htm > > >>============================== >>Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >>Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >> >> >http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > >==== OKMCCURT Mailing List ==== >CONTACT the list admin. at tawshasroots@yahoo.com >Visit the McCurtain county page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~okmccurt/mccurt.htm > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >. > > >