Thomas B. (TTom) Holmes II, a 5th Generation Descendant of Dr. Thomas Galphin Holmes, assistant surgeon and survivor of the Fort Mims Massacre (Baldwin County) of 30 August 1813, went to his heavenly home on Thursday, August 29, 2024. Holmes was a resident of Mobile and former resident of Montgomery and Birmingham.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Rachael Francis Montgomery Holmes, his uncle, Joseph Allen Montgomery, his paternal grandparents, Fred Boyles Holmes, Sr. and Annie Jo Bethune Holmes and his maternal grandparents, James Hearschel Montgomery and Mary Evans Thomas Montgomery. He leaves to cherish his memory his father, Thomas B. Holmes of Mobile; two very special cousins, Augusta Brooke Forbes (Robert) Roux of Spanish Fort and Laura Denise Key (Austin) of Mobile; uncles: Fred B. (Carol Ann) Holmes, Jr. of Mobile, William J. Holmes Sr. of Mobile; James (Beth) Montgomery of Mobile; aunts: Delores Ann Holmes (Richard) Falls of Hoover; Alice Faye Montgomery (John) Callaway Jr. of Demorest, Georgia, Martha Ann Montgomery Manley and Helen Teresa Montgomery Trainor, both of Mobile; other nieces, nephews, cousins, and other relatives.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1900 Dauphin Street, Mobile, Alabama, on Saturday, September 7, 2024, at 10:00 A.M. The Service will be preceded by a Visitation with family and friends at 9:00 A.M.
A Funeral Service and Burial will be held at Montgomery Hill Baptist Church, 13884 Danny Hall Road (Baldwin County Road #80), Tensaw (Stockton), Alabama 36579 on Saturday, September 7, 2024, at 2:00 P.M.
Honorary Pallbearers will be: The Honorable Fob James, Jr.; Fred B. Holmes Jr.; William J. Holmes Sr.; Richard B. Falls; James Montgomery; Ernest Hays Dunnam Jr.; Michael Holmes Smith; Robert B. Culver II; John David Malcom Jr.; Daniel J. Lucas; Rev. Bailey Norman; Rev. David Clothier; James Alexander; Charles Simpson; Scouts of BSA Troop 3, Mobile.
Active Pallbearers will be: David W. Lewis, Robert B. Culver III, John David (J.D.) Malcom III, William Joseph Holmes Jr., Robert C. Roux; Bradley A. Key, Brian J. Manley, Austin Key.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions to be made to:
Memorial Fund, Trinity Episcopal Church; Mobile Area Council BSA; Cottage Hill Civitan Club; The Arc of Mobile County; Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast; Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC, or one’s favorite charity.
