Marilyn Williams Holmes

Mrs. Marilyn Holmes, of Dyersburg, passed away Saturday, March 28, 2026, at Ascension - Saint Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, TN. She was born September 20, 1943, in Trenton, TN to the late Everard and Emily Williams. Throughout her life, she worked in various capacities including secretary for various medical businesses, preschool teacher, editor and proofreader. Her attention to detail and love of history were always key to her work. She had a passion for genealogy and research; writing several books on Dement/Holmes families. She supported the work of the local Daughters of the American Revolution chapter and the Dyer County Veterans' Assistance office as well as being an active member of the Dyer County Historical Society. For the last thirteen years, she was a volunteer as a Certified Archivist, working in the Archive's office on county legal records. She and her husband were active members of First Baptist Church in Halls, TN where she was a dedicated teacher for the Adult Ladies Sunday School Class.

Marilyn is survived by her loving husband, Vernon Lee Holmes, whom she married November 28, 1963. She also is survived by a son, Thomas Lee Holmes and wife, Chantelle, and a daughter, LeAnn Kunce and husband, Jim and a sister, Nancy Williams Wallace. She was loved as "Grandma" by her grandchildren, Ashley Wheeler and husband, Jon and Kimberly, Paige, Andrew and Ryan Gildersleeve and Isabella and Brandon Holmes. She has her first great-grandson, Elliott James Wheeler, son of Ashley and Jon Wheeler. She is preceded in death by her parents, Everard Holmes Williams and Emily Tyree Williams.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. at Dyersburg Funeral Home. Chapel funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 1, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. conducted by Rev. Bryan Tatum. Interment will follow in Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg.

In lieu of flowers, the family request that memorials be directed to support the Dyer County Community Cancer Fund.