George Hiram Holmes, Sr., 85, passed away Sunday, October 18, 2009. Born in Johnston County, he was the seventh of nine children of the late Ira Vaden and Lola Stephenson Holmes. He and his wife were lifelong members of Carolina Pines Baptist Church. Funeral services were at 11 a.m. Thursday, October 22 at Carolina Pines Baptist Church with burial following at Montlawn Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Mable Hill Holmes; daughter, Jean Holmes Byrd (Gerald); son, George Hiram Holmes, Jr. (Kitty); grandchildren, Billy Byrd (Lisa), Melody Byrd Hocutt (Stephen), Georgianna Baudoux (Clay), George Hiram Holmes III (Amy) and Ginger Warf (Scott); sister, Julia Holmes Edwards (W.T.); sister-in-law, Hattie Holmes and fifteen great-grandchildren. The family received friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, October 21 at Bryan-Lee Funeral Home in Garner.