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Mrs. Joan Gilmore Holmes

July 8, 1932 — December 6, 2018

Joan Gilmore Holmes, 86, went home to the Lord Thursday, December 6, 2018 at her home in Crystal Springs. Visitation will be 5-7pm Monday, December 10, 2018 at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. Services will be 2pm Tuesday, December 11 in the funeral home chapel with a one hour visitation prior to service time followed by burial at Lakewood Memorial Park. Mrs. Holmes was born in Pearl, MS to the late Johnnie and Lena Boehle Gilmore. Having lived in South Jackson for 45 years she moved to Crystal Springs in 2007 where she was a member of New Zion Baptist Church. She was a homemaker and an avid bowler who loved being outdoors and traveling. She loved her church and church family and was “Mamaw” to her beloved grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, all her six siblings and her husband, William Lewis “Jack” Holmes. Survivors include her son, Wardell Holmes (Diane) of Crystal Springs; daughter, Beth Hux (Glenn) of Crystal Springs; sister-in-law, Jean Gilmore of Pearl; 12 grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren and 7 great, great grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Wounded Warrior Project. Online guest book available at www.chancellorfuneralhome.com.
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7225 S Siwell Rd, Jackson, MS 39272

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7225 S Siwell Rd, Jackson, MS 39272

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7225 S Siwell Rd, Jackson, MS 39272

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