March 31, 1996 - December 31, 2023
The Homegoing services honoring the life of Henry C. Holmes Jr. 27, of Virgina, will be held 10:00 A.M. Wednesday January 17, 2024, in the Assembly of God, Kingfisher, Oklahoma with Reverend Wendell Prim officiating. A wake will be held 8:00 P.M. to 12:00 A.M. Tuesday January 16, 2024, at God’s Covenant Church, Kingfisher. Burial will follow in the Morrison Cemetery, Lacey, Oklahoma. Services are under the direction of Brown-Cummings.
Henry was born March 31, 1996, to Henry and Crisella James Holmes in Enid, Oklahoma and passed from this life December 31, 2023, in Norfolk, Virginia.
He was raised in Kingfisher, Oklahoma graduating from Kingfisher High School with the class of 2014; where he played football, basketball, ran track and was a member of the FFA. He was active in his church as a member of The Extreme and Radical Youth for Christ, serving on mission trips for the First Baptist Church and attended Falls Creek. After graduating he enlisted in the United States Navy, He was stationed in Norfolk Virginia on the USS Gerald R. Ford as an Aviation Ordinance man. He was honorably discharged after six years of service to his country in 2020. He then worked as an Engineer Machinist on Nuclear Submarines. Henry was a dedicated father who loved being with his sons. In his spare time, Henry enjoyed riding motorcycles, gaming, and playing Top Golf with his friends.
He is survived by his three sons, Ezekiel Holmes, Henry Clay Holmes III, and Luka, of Suffolk, Virginia, his parents, Henry Sr and Crisella Holmes, of Kingfisher, Oklahoma, his siblings, Vernon James, of Portland, Oregon, Chelsey, Lexie, Mackenzie, and Christopher Holmes and Savannah Johnston, all of Kingfisher, and Joshua Holmes, of Oklahoma City and his paternal grandmother Julia Holmes, of Dover.
He was preceded in death by one brother, Arthur Almanzar, his paternal grandfather Henry Lee Holmes, his maternal grandparents Floyd and Barbara James; and two aunts, Norma Valles and Barbara B. James.
Obituaries are posted, in part, due to the generosity of The Commons.
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