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Visitation will be held Saturday, October 4, 2025, from 11:00 AM - 12:00 Noon at the mortuary. A celebration of life will be held immediately following the visitation at 12:00 noon in the Rosa Glover Holmes Memorial Chapel (4334 Brentwood Avenue, Jacksonville, FL 32206). Interment will be held Monday, October 6, 2025, at The Jacksonville National Cemetery (4083 Lannie Road, Jacksonville, FL 32218) promptly at 11:30 AM.
In the time of personal loss, the beloved family has elected to locally entrust the Ministry of Comfort & Care, along with transitional after-care arrangements to Holmes-Glover-Solomon Funeral Directors, Inc.
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