The
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Kenneth
Paul Holmes, the youngest of eleven children and the last living member
of the
clan of William Holmes (Spanish American War Vet) and Martha Palmer
(girl from
the farm next door) of Grand Rapids, MI, passed peacefully of old age
81, of
COPD, emphysema, and pneumonia after one year of residency at Chatuge
Nursing
Home in Hiawassee, GA.
Kenneth
(Kenny, KP, Pater, Unc) spent much of his career as the sole employee
of Holmes
Chemical Company working as distributor in suit, hat, and wingtips,
auto
cruising his fin-tailed Cadillacs across the state to meet with
clients,
consuming endless refills of black coffee and cigarettes in roadside
cafes
while taking copious notes on napkins he filed in every pocket, napping
any
time the urge took him under trees, helping animals in distress along
the
highways, and always arriving home for dinner to spend the evening in
boxer
shorts, undershirt, and socks for one last bowl of Wheaties before bed.
Although
KP never achieved the solid work of which some thought he night be
capable of,
he adequately provided materially for his wife and family (Paula Brower
of
Dad was
unselfconsciously moviestar handsome man with deep brown expressively
kind
eyes, lushly thick blueblack wavy hair, square of jaw and shoulders who
subsequently sacrificed his figure in the cause of a quite alarming
gluttony of
breakfast cereals and naps.
Ever
ready to help family or fiends in need with the tribulations of life,
many
sought his comforting ways. He was known
to enjoy pounding out hymns on the piano and playing the air trombone,
whoopy
cushions at family reunions, all night games of poker, trimming up
anyone’s
hair with his cardboard box of barbering tools always found in the
trunk of his
car, and not least he could be found highlighting passages in the Bible.
Ken was a
devoted and loving husband to his exceptionally beautiful wife, Jeanne
Lutke
(1925-1992)0 who passed 15 years earlier of a broken heart after 50+ of
acting
as ballast to the incessant manic tempests rocking the marital ship. They loved and enjoyed each other. He found his greatest pleasure just being
with mother and she with him.
Many were
drawn to and loved Dad for his easy going, smiling, kind, generous, and
accepting nature in spite of the unrelenting extreme mental
vicissitudes. He was pip.
He generously gave love and he was loved. It
was a good life. Thank you Dad, good bye.
The
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Mr.
Claude E. Moss, age 81, of Stuart, FL (formerly of
He is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Audrey Moss of
Funeral
services were held on
Banister
Funeral Home of Hiawassee, in charge of arrangements.
The
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Mrs.
She is
survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Constance and Bill Warman of
Funeral
services were held on
Banister
Funeral Home of Hiawassee, in charge of arrangements.
The
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Mr.
Ketron Wayne Shook, age 76 of
He is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Frances Shook of Hiawassee, GA; daughters,
Ronnie
Clampitt of Hayesville, NC and Donnie Brown of Hiawassee, GA;
step-daughter,
Terri Waldenmaier of West Des Moines, IA; daughter-in-law, Karen Rogers
of
Hiawassee, GA; sons, Randy Shook of Hiawassee, GA, Tim Shook of Murphy,
NC,
Charles Shook of Brasstown, NC Hansel Shook of Yadkinsville, NC, Rodney
Shook
of High Point, NC, and Rev. Reggie Shook of Hiawassee, GA; step-son,
Bob
Mullins of Hiawassee, GA; brother, Carroll Shook of Wenatchee, WA;
sisters,
Gussie Hoffman of Woodland, AL, Gertrude Aiken of Trinity, NC, Nellie
Ashe of
High Point, NC; twenty grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; and
a
number of nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral
services were held on
Bannister
Funeral Home of Hiawassee, GA in charge of arrangements.