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HOLMES Col. Charles Edward Holmes •) 1 native and oldest citizen of Yazoo Oily, la I her 'of Judge Edwin R. Holmes of the U. S. Circuit. Court ol Appeals in Mew Orleans, at' homo .December 7, after a year’s illness aggravated by a fall three weeks prior. Episcopal funeral services. Burial m CJ leu wood Cemetery. Until his death there were tour Confederate veterans still alive in Yazoo County. Now there are three. Colonel Holmes attended (lie University of Mississippi and was in the group of students that-escorted Jefferson Davis from Hotly Springs, Miss., to Grand Junction, lenn., on his journey to Montgomery, Ala., to beinaugurated as President ol the Confederacy in 18CI. Later, Colonel Holmes enlisted with the Lamar Hi lies and served with distinction under Gen.umT11.1:‘ ”ohns!un' 110 was wounded at Malvern Hill but rocupernled in a Richmond.hospital and relumed to his regiment. Alter the war lie entered the cotton business in Yazoo City. At the time of his death he was reined and a widower. His wile, the lormer Kale Dell, member of a prominent Yazoo family, (tied in 18M. Surviving children arc: Judge Holmes; W. P. Holmes, collon factor, J. CL Holmes, attorney, and : Herbert. Holmes, vice president of the Delta National Bank, all of Yazoo Cily. Surviving grandchildren arc: E. R. -Holmes, Jr., Jackson; Mis. C. J. Swny/.e, Greenwood; John K. Holmes, University of Texas; W. P. Holmes, Jr., and C. E. Holmes II, Greenwood; Herbert P. Holmes. Louisville, Ky.; Miller Holme:-:, Miss Kale llolmes, Misses Elsie and Mary Ann Holmes, all ot Yazoo City. '
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Greenville Delta Weekly
Greenville, Mississippi, US
Mon, Dec 13, 1937
Page 6
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