Holmes, Lela

  • Monday, May 12, 2014
Lela Holmes
Lela Holmes

Lela Holmes, 79, died on May 11, 2014, peacefully in her home. 

She is survived by her three daughters, Meritta Johnson and Glenda Jenkins of Rochester, N.Y., Lendia Langford of Chattanooga; three sons, Noland (Wanda) Walker of Bakers, Fl., Erick  Holmes and Aaron Sternes of Chattanooga, and one sister, Ruby Page of Chattanooga; a host of grand, great and great-great-grandchildren.

Services will be held on Thursday, May 15, at 11 a.m. at Stanley United Methodist 501 Dodson Avenue. Interment will be in Chattanooga National Cemetery.

The body will lie in state after noon on Wednesday, May 14, at John P. Franklin Funeral Home, 1101 Dodds Avenue, 622-9995.

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