Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Sunday, August 29, 2004

MR. WOODROW W. ``WOODY'' HOLMES

Edmonds Funeral Homes
Jonesboro, Louisiana

Funeral services for Mr. Woodrow W. ``Woody'' Holmes, age 89, of Jonesboro, LA will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, August 29, 2004 at the Jonesboro United Methodist Church with Rev. Stewart Sherman officiating. Private graveside services will follow at the garden of Memories Cemetery in Winnfield, LA.

Mr. Holmes was a native of Winnfield, LA and graduated from Winnfield High School in 1931. Afterwards, he attended LA Tech for 2 ® years before enrolling in the Forestry School at LSU where he received his BS in Forestry in 1938. Mr. Holmes entered the Navy Midshipman School in 1942 and graduated as an Ensign. He served his country during WWII in the Atlantic and Mediterranian and was discharged as a Navy Lieutenant.

Mr. Holmes has been active in the Lions Club since 1948. In 1964 he was honored by the Zwolle Lions Club for unselfish and faithful service and was named Lion of the Year. In 2004 he was named a Melvin Jones Fellow by the Jonesboro-Hodge Lions club, which is the highest honor for a Lion.

Mr. Holmes was a dedicated forester all of his life. After WWII, he worked for the Farm Forestry Program and later moved to Zwolle and worked as a forester for Mansfield Hardwood Lumber Company. In 1964 he moved to Jonesboro and worked until his retirement in 1980 for Continental Forest Industries. Mr Holmes was a founding member of the LA Foresters Association and the North LA Group of Foresters. He was honored for 25 years service as Chairman of Nominations for the North LA Group of Foresters in 1985.

Mr. Holmes was very active in Scouting and in November of 1959 received the Silver Beaver Award, the highest honor for volunteers to Boy Scouts. Mr Holmes was a longtime active member of the Jonesboro United Methodist Church.

He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Mrs. Maxine Lee Holmes of Jonesboro, LA; two daughters: Carol Holmes of Jacksonville, FL and Sheila Theriot and her husband, Richard of Mena, AR; one sister, Mrs. Ada Mae Clark of Bossier City, LA and many other much loved nieces and nephews.