Priscilla Maxine Holmes
Priscilla Maxine “Dolly” Holmes, 91, of Fredericktown (Deemston Borough), passed away Thursday, March 24, 2022, in UPMC Shadyside Hospital.
She was born January 11, 1931, in Deemston, a daughter of the late Harry H. and Harriett Latham McCarty.
Mrs. Holmes was a 1949 graduate of Centerville High School.
A homemaker, Dolly was also a lifetime member of East Bethlehem Baptist Church and has been attending North Ten Mile Baptist Church.
Dolly enjoyed flowers, gardening, baking, cooking and attending church functions. She especially loved her family, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and attending of all their events.
On January 31, 1948, she married William F. Holmes, who died May 17, 2004. They had been married for 57 years at the time of his death.
Surviving are four children, Harry F. Holmes (Billie Jo) of Irwin, Doris Jean Bayles of Amity, who was residing with Dolly along with Nicolas Morris, Harriett E. Holmes Tajmir of Birmingham, Ala., and William F. Holmes Jr. (Norma) of Deemston; 16 grandchildren; and 33 great-grandchildren.
Deceased in addition to her husband, are two daughters, Nancy Jo Holmes, who died in infancy, and Lou Ann Snyder; two brothers, Robert and Eugene McCarty; two sisters, Lorraine Chambers and Garnet McCarty.
Friends will be received from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, from 2 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, and from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., the time of service, Thursday, March 31, 2022, in the Greenlee’s Fredericktown Funeral Home, Ltd., 42 Bank Street at Crawford Road, Fredericktown, PA 15333, with Rev. Dr. Gary Schneider and Pastor Mark Bauer officiating.
Interment will follow in Beallsville Cemetery.
Online guestbook and personal condolences may be accessed at www.GreenleeFuneralHome.com