FUNERAL SERVICES 
For 
DEA, ALTON HOLMES 
FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1975 
3:00 P. M. 
NEW BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH 
Manassas, Georgia 
REV. N. N. LYDE, OFFICIATING 
Interment  Greater Zachariah Cemetery 
Glennville, Georgia 
Harpers Funeral Home In Charge 
Claxton, Georgia 
OBITUARY 
Lifes race is run, 
Lifes work is done, 
And now he rests. 
Deacon Alton L. Holmes was born in Evans 
County, Georgia, March 25, 1945. He is the son 
of Mrs. Hattie Holmes and the late Mr. Buddy 
Holmes. He was an active member of New Bethel 
Baptist Church, where he worked with Youth 
Department and later was ordained as Deacon of 
this Church. He was Secretary of the Board of 
Trustees, and a Member of the Sons of Glennville 
Lodge No. 258. 
He was married to Sis. Gwendolyn Jackson 
Holmes and to this union 2 children were born. 
Saturday night. May 3, 1975, he entered into 
eternal rest. 
He leaves to mourn, his wife, Gwendolyn 
Holmes; a son, Kevin Holmes, and his mother, 
Mrs. Hattie Holmes, all of Manassas, Ga.; a mo- 
ther-in-law, Miss Doris Jackson of Collins, Ga.; 
a father-in-law, Mr. J. L. Williams of Manassas, 
Ga.; 2 aunts, Mrs. Pearlie Hall of Collins, Ga., 
Mrs. Vernita Richardson of Reidsville, Ga.; 2 un- 
cles, Mr. Buster Smith of Brunswick, Ga., Mr. 
Bill Smith of Collins, Ga.; a host of relatives and 
friends. 
Help me to watch and pray. 
And on thyself rely, 
By faith assured, I will obey. 
For I shall never die. 
PROGRAM 
Master of Ceremonies__________Rev. N. L. Kitt 
Processional 
Hymn 
Scripture___________________Rev. H. G. Glasket 
Invocation______________Rev. A. J. Richardson 
Selection______________________________Choir 
Remarks  
As A Church Worker________Dea. Fenton Cosby 
Sons of Glennville Lodge No. 258 
Acknowledgements and 
Obituary____________________Sis. Eva Mincey 
Eulogy________________________Rev. N. L. Lyde 
Recognition of Flowers__Bro. Willie B. Harper 
Funeral Director 
Recessional 
Interment 
Greater Zachariah Cemetery 
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS 
Sons of Glennville Lodge No. 258 
Glennville, Georgia 
HONORARY PALLBEARERS 
Deacons of Local Churches 
FLORAL ATTENDANTS 
Ushers of Local Churches 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 
The family of the late Dea. Alton Holmes ac- 
knowledge deep appreciation the many telephone 
calls, telegrams, cards, flowers and other expres- 
sions of sympathy extended in this time of sor- 
row. May God bless each of you is our prayer.