On June 24, 2022 Ethel Ann (McVey) Holmes, 85 of Crimora, passed away in Rockingham Memorial Hospital with family by her side. Loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, great great grandmother and sister, she was preceded in death by her husband USMC Ret. GYSGT Leonard C. Holmes, Mother and Father Harry James McVey and Sarah Virginia (Morrison) McVey, brother Samuel McVey and wife Della, brother Roger McVey, sister Opal Roberts (husband Howard and daughter Wanda Brown), and son-in-law Nelson Carter. She was also preceded in death by her best friends Roxie and Jim Avery of Jacksonville, NC.
She is survived by her brother Allen McVey (Shirley Miller), Her son Terry Holmes (wife Diane), grandsons Caleb Holmes and Michael Gillis (wife Jill and great grandchildren Alyssa and Zaner, grandson Tony (wife Sarah and great grandchildren Silas and Izzy); Her daughter JoAnn Bacon (husband Mike), granddaughter Jessica Bacon and great grandchildren Ray Vaughan (wife Jade), Hannah, Emma, and Brady Hart, and great great grandchildren Ivy Rose and Ezra Vaughan; Her granddaughter Janet Bacon and great grandchildren Timothy and Vincent Keener and Logan Marion; Her Granddaughter Sarah Bacon and great grandchildren Abby, Maddox, and MaryJo Bacon. Her son James Holmes and grandchildren Jeremy Boxler (wife Wendy and great grandchildren Justice, Michael, Jason, Sierra and Allison), Evan Holmes and greatgrandchild Zane, Carie Cennamo (husband Joseph and greatgrandchildren Mindy and Lilly), Amanda Blankenship (husband Chris and great grandchildren Gabby and Mikala Blankenship), grandchild Jake Sauer (wife Katie and greatgrandchild Caroline). Her daughter Judy Carter and granddaughter Tabitha Lewis (husband Matt) and angel great grandbabies Hunter and Hope, and grandson Jason Bryant (wife Katie), Her Son Eddie Holmes (Jerri) and greatgrandsons Brandon Brinkley (greatgrandchildren Bella and Charlie) and Mason Holmes; Her Daughter Sharon Brennan (husband Kevin) and granddaughter Kelly Jones (husband Seth and great-grandbaby Dec. 2022) and granddaughter Katie Foulke (husband Brad and great grandson Luke); Her Son Roger Holmes and grandsons Eric Holmes (wife Sarah) and AJ Holmes.
She loved as they were her own children Sandy Trantham, David Eustler, Peanut Tinsley, David Roberts (nephew), Lewis Bryant and Timmy "Too Much" Painter (deceased). Pallbearers will be Terry, Jimmy, Eddie and Roger Holmes, David Eustler and John Truslow.
She enjoyed gardening, cooking, running the roads, the beach, bird and squirrel watching, and fishing. Her favorite family gatherings were Thanksgiving and Christmas.
The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at the Waynesboro Chapel of Reynolds Hamrick Funeral Homes, 618 W. Main St., Waynesboro.
A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at Augusta Memorial Park, 1775 Goose Creek Road, Waynesboro. All who plan to attend are asked to meet directly at the cemetery. Following the graveside service, all are invited to gather at Ridgeview Park in Waynesboro with the family.
As a special thank you for unwavering support and assistance to our Mother and to her parents over the years, each and every sibling would like to relinquish our titles and name TERRY ALLEN HOLMES as “Favorite Child”!
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