Gene Dale Holmes, 68, of Columbia, KY, was reunited with his son, Chris, in Heaven on Thursday, March 20, 2025 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington. He was born May 16, 1956 to Rollin Holmes (who survives) and the late Betty Burton Holmes.
If you knew Gene Dale, then you know he always had a project going. He loved to fish, farm, work with his hands and riding his great-grandbabies around the farm on the Kubota. He found strength in his life through the love of his Savior and his family.
Gene Dale was a member of Bloomington Chapel Church where he served as Superintendent and a Deacon. He loved and was loved by his church family.
SURVIVORS:
His wife of 52 years (& childhood sweetheart): Jeanetta Mae Foster Holmes
2 children: Melanie Holmes Willis (Lloyd) and Lyndsey Holmes Schlabach (Ervin)
4 grandchildren: Kaleb Willis (Brooklynn), Laura Coffey (Chris), Landon Jessie (Brooke) and Conner Ford
4 great-grandchildren: Rylee Willis, Danny Kase Willis, Lanie Coffey and Bowen Jessie (due in June)
His father: Rollin Holmes
3 sisters: Delaine Corbin (Tommy), Janet Lynn Turner (Eugene) and Marsha Lawhorn
1 brother: Barry Absher
14 bonus grandchildren: Dan (Ruthie), Andy (Verna), Eddie (Catherine), Elmer (Ella), Eli (Catherine), Ervin (Leanna), Melvin, Robert, William, Miriam, Lizzie, Susie, Leroy (Rachel) and Barbara (Roman).
Many nieces & nephews
In addition to his mother, he was also preceded in death by a son, Christopher Rollins Holmes who went to be with the Lord on August 20, 1988 and by a sister, Phyllis Jane Holmes in 1949.
Funeral Service: Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 1:00 P.M. at Bloomington Chapel Church, 55 Bloomington Church Rd, Columbia, KY, officiated by family members
Burial: Bearwallow Cemetery
Visitation: After 4:00 P.M. Friday and from 6:00 A.M. until 10:30 A.M. Saturday at Grissom-Martin Funeral Home in Columbia, KY and after 11:00 A.M. Saturday at Bloomington Chapel Church
Casket Bearers: Kaleb Willis, Landon Jessie, Conner Ford, Chris Coffey, Clinton Matthews, Trevor Matthews, and Levi Burton
Honorary: Laura & Lanie Coffey, Brooklynn, Rylee & Danny Willis, and Brooke & Bowen Jessie
Grissom-Martin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
