Gloria Lenore Holmes, 78, of Baltimore, passed away on Saturday, March 24, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 2pm on Thursday, March 29, 2012, in the Chapel of West Cobb Funeral Home and Crematory in Marietta, GA. Interment will follow at Cheatham Hill Memorial Park in Marietta, GA. A native of Baltimore, Mrs. Holmes was retired from the Baltimore Board of Education where she worked as a custodian. She was a member of Mt. Pleasant Church in Baltimore. Survivors include her husband, Oner Mack Holmes of Baltimore; son, Carroll Holmes and wife, Marilyn of Abington, MD; daughter Gloria Scott of Raleigh, NC; siblings, Sister Ida Sue Pinder of Baltimore and brother Thurman Pinder of Baltimore; grandchildren, Kim Scott of Powder Springs, Gwendolyn Bowers of Powder Springs, Talisha Scott of Baltimore and Ivan Holmes of Abingdon, MD and 2 great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions can be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital,
www.stjude.org
. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday from 12pm until the service. Online guest book at westcobbfuneralhome.com.