Willis Holmes

ORAN, Mo. -- Willis Thomas Holmes, 90, of Oran died Sunday, July 13, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born March 6, 1913, in Eddyville, Ky., son of Monroe and Eliza Helton Holmes. He and Marie Yarbrough were married Sept. 8, 1934.

Holmes was a retired self-employed farmer. He was a member of First Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife; three sons, Leroy and Bill Holmes of Oran, Glenn Holmes of Sikeston, Mo.; two daughters, Mary Ann Janner of McKenzie, Tenn., Shirley Anderson of Sikeston; a brother, Edward Holmes of Davenport, Iowa; two sisters, Anna May Gillian of Montclair, Calif., Beatrice Goetz of Davenport; 13 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.

He was preceded in death by two brothers and four sisters.

Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran after 5 p.m. today.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church, with the Rev. Ed Carter officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery at Sikeston.