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for James Holmes
January 4, 2011
Hi Peggy and Family, Words could never express the feeling I had when I heard the news. Jim was a loving husband, caring father and a thoughtful,concerning and very helpful friend. He is the type of friend you can't forget.
Carrie Schwickardt (Prass)
July 15, 2010
Dear Holmes Family,
I am very saddened to learn of Mr. Holmes' passing. It has been quite awhile since I've seen him, but I always remember him having a smile on his face. I know that he was a wonderful father and husband and he has left quite a legacy behind.
June Amaral
June 10, 2010
Jim was devoted to his family and a genuine friend.
It is sad to lose a person as special as Jim, but we all have our memories to comfort us.
My thoughts and prayers are with the family.
Valerie Strauss
June 4, 2010
Jessica and Katie,
I was very sad to hear of your loss. You all are on my mind always. My thoughts are with you and your family.
Love Valerie
theresa Sobolewski
June 4, 2010
Jessica & Katie, so sorry to hear of your loss my thoughts and prayers are with and thank God you have so many good memories that will keep you going thru this trying time
Helen DiJoseph
June 3, 2010
Jessica and Katie, Sorry to hear of your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Love Helen
Lynette Morales
June 1, 2010
Jessica and Katie, I was saddened to hear of your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you, Love Lynette and Felix
janette burrows
June 1, 2010
Jessica,
May your heart soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well lived. My deepest condolences to you and your family. Comfort and peace be with you, janette
Angela Snow
May 30, 2010
Peggy,
Keeping your family in our thoughts and prayers.
I'm really gonna miss seeing Jim's sweet smile on sundays.
Heidi Caine
May 29, 2010
Long Distance relationships are a lot of work. Whether they are boyfriend-girlfriend, husband-wife or father-daughter. I had a long distance relationship with my father. But what I could always count on was his consistency. There was never any guilt with how much time had passed; we would just pick up where we had left off. I could pick up the phone at any time and call him and he would answer “yellow” and I would quip back “green” and invariably he would start out with “tell me something new, exciting and different.
As I think about the plethora of snapshot memories that I have had with Daddy, I always seem to come back to the pocket. The pocket is a dressmaker detail that Daddy seemed to have on every garment he wore whether it was dress or casual, knit or woven, short or long sleeve. And although the pocket was consistent the contents of the pocket evolved over time.
My earliest memories of the pocket were that it contained some oddly colored driving glasses, a pack of cigarettes, a pack of matches and some randomly folded bits of pieces of papers that now that I think about it were probably written in some Masonic code and pertained to Holly, Heather and Heidi.
Time passed, the pocket contents changed. The driving glasses were replaced with sunglasses, the cigarettes and matches were replaced with a tire-gauge, writing instruments, an exacto knife and those randomly folded pieces of paper multiplied to contain another piece that now I am sure pertained to Jannan, Jimmy and Jessica.
More time elapsed, the sunglasses were replaced with reading glasses, and the tire gauge and writing instruments were joined with an entire miniature tool chest where Daddy was prepared for anything. He was a tad McGyver-like and could repair anything from the clasp on your bracelet to doing an engine tune up from the contents of his pocket. The randomly folded pieces of paper now had an entry that went Mike, Kate, Nick, Noah, Max and Evie.
There is a belief and a book that is titled that everything you ever needed to learn about life your learned in Kindergarten. And in keeping with that I will close with a simple childhood poem:
I have something in my pocket
That belongs across my face,
I keep it very close at hand
In a most convenient place.
I bet you cannot guess it
If you guessed a long long while,
So I will take it out and put it on
It’s a great big Daddy smile.
I love you Peggy and thank you for being Daddy’s love, companion, confidante and friend for over 43 years.
chris foss
May 28, 2010
we are thinking of the whole fred holmes foster family, and all those who knew mr. holmes. we wish all peace--chris, mara, kirby, julia
Lisa Parks
May 28, 2010
A fitting tribute for a uniquely wonderful person. My thoughts are prayers are with the Holmes family during this time of sadness, and my wish is that you may find solace in knowing Jim enjoyed a life anyone would be fortunate to have lived. He left this world a better place for having been in it. Peace to all,
Susan Richard
May 28, 2010
Peggy, I did not know your husband, but he must have been wonderful. I am sorry for your loss. Susan from Starbucks in the am.
Randy Breidel
May 28, 2010
Gretchen and I send our condolences, I know Jimmy must be taking this pretty hard also. If you need a few days to clear your head, life in NC is much slower pace. I will remember Jim is a very active and intelligent man who treasured his family more than anything. God Bless Randy and Gretchen Breidel
Jean & Bill WARNEKE
May 27, 2010
I met Jim 65 years ago when we both enlisted in the U.S.Navy Air Corps. He was the Best Man at our Wedding, we called him CHIPS.
He was a Buddy of George YERBY, who told him that his Mother had just given birth, to a baby girl, named PEGGY. Years later Chips married that Peggy. We love you both, and your family.
Prayers & blessings Jean & Bill
Ann Bowerman
May 27, 2010
Oh Peggy I'm so sorry for you and your family's loss. Seems like just yesterday we were arranging flowers for his 80th! You all are in my thoughts and prayers.
Love,
Nurse Ann
Kathleen Yerby
May 27, 2010
Thank you for this beautiful obituary for the beautiful man who is my Uncle Jim. The picture is perfect too. I loved him. It was impossible not to! How could you not love a man who absolutely LIVED to laugh and enjoy life? How could you not enjoy the company of a man who treated every person like a treasure and as interesting a person as he had ever met? He was a gift to me and my family. I write this w/tears in my eyes and a huge lump in my throat, looking at his picture, knowing that I was so, extremely, blessed to know and love him. Thanks Aunt Peggy, for bringing him into our lives. He brought so much joy to us. He will always be one of my favorite people. My deepest sympathies to you, Aunt Peggy and to my cousins and their children. God bless you all. I will always remember Uncle Jim's adorable laugh. Love, Kathleen (& Evan)
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