The following was published in The State, Columbia, SC, Dec. 5, 2006 Vera Thomas Holmes JOHNSTON - Services for Mrs. Vera Thomas Holmes, age 86, will be held Wednesday, December 6, 2006, at Ebenezer Baptist Church at 2 p.m. with Rev. Larry Ford officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at Bland Funeral Home Tuesday evening from 6-8 p.m. Memorials may be made to Ebenezer Baptist Church, P.O. Box 37, Trenton, SC 29847. Mrs. Holmes, a native of Aiken County, died Monday, December 4, 2006. She was a daughter of the late Belton M. Sr. and Annie Lena Creed Thomas. Mrs. Holmes had retired as an employee of Riegel Inc. and was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church. Survivors include three daughters, Annette H. (Ronnie) Hyatt, Greer, Catherine H. Adams, Gilbert, and Alice (Jack) Yon, Wagener; daughter-in-law, Sandra P. Holmes; sister, Betty T. (Don) Havird, Ridge Spring; eight grandchildren and 17. great-grandchildren. Mrs. Holmes was preceded in death by her husband, James Obie Holmes Sr., and son, James Obie "Jimmy" Holmes Jr.