Virginia Holmes

Coats, NC:  Mrs. Virginia Louise Massengill Holmes, age 88, of 1547 Bill Avery Road passed away Monday, October 14, 2013 at her residence.  Funeral Service will be 2:00PM Thursday, October 17, 2013 at the Coats Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Coats City Cemetery.  Officiating will be Rev. Jesse Mooney and Brother Mack Fowler.       Mrs. Holmes was born June 1, 1925 in Johnston County to the late Jake & Mary Ford Massengill.  She was preceded in death by her husband; Jasper Henry Holmes, Jr., three brothers and a son-in-law, Timothy King. Mrs. Holmes was a homemaker and a member of Coats Baptist Church.       Surviving are Children and Spouse, Louise H. King of Billings Montana, Kenneth Holmes of Coats, Carolyn H. & Michael Thomas of Lillington and David W. Holmes of Garner; Three Grandchildren; Three Great-Grandchildren; Brother, W.F. Massengill of Monroe; Sister, Mary Helen Byrd of Benson; and Several Nieces and Nephews.     Family will receive friends from 6:00PM-8:00PM Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Coats.       Flowers are welcomed; however, memorials may be made to Coats Baptist Church, P.O. Box 297 Coats, NC 27521.