Elizabeth “Liz” Scott Holmes, age 73, of Hazlehurst, died Tuesday, December 18, at Community Hospice in Vidalia.
Mrs. Holmes was born February 2, 1939 and was a native and lifelong resident of Jeff Davis County. She was retired from Southeastern Bank and was a member of First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Ray Scott and Donald Lee Holmes and her parents, Hugh and Estelle Bailey Harris and Matthew Peacock.
Survivors include her sisters, Sara Jo Thomas and Mary Frances (Jimmy) Nester; nieces, Algena (Randy) Smith, Angie (Ricky) Watkins, and Nannette Thomas and great nieces, Nicole and Ashlee Smith.
Funeral services were held Friday, December 21, at First Baptist Church at 2:00 p.m. with the Rev. Bill Vansant, the Rev. David Deen, and Nathan Deaton officiating. Interment followed in the Hazlehurst City Cemetery.
Active Pallbearers were Lonnie Roberts, George Tucker, Bobby Tucker, Stanley Land, Bobby Mosley and Harold Whitfield.
Honorary Pallbearers were Community Hospice, Ethelyn and Sammy Creech, John and Jackie Johnson, Flora Mosley, Ed and Sue Wilson, Gene and Jackie Moeykens, Valarie Elton and Pat Summerlin.
Musical selections were rendered by Winona Jowers, Janet Allen, Kathy Lord and Helen Hamm.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Wainright-Parlor Funeral Home.