Eva Holmes Obituary

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Start: 2025-05-01T16:00:00
End: 2025-05-01T17:00:00
Location: Davis Funeral Home

It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Eva Holmes of Southport, North Carolina, who passed away at the age of 73, on April 25, 2025. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Eva Holmes to show support.

Though Eva has departed this earthly realm, her legacy endures — a legacy of love that will continue to illuminate the lives of family and friends in the darkest of hours. May her spirit soar on wings of eternal peace, forever cherished in the tender embrace of memory.

She was loved and cherished by many people including: her husband William Holmes; her children, William Holmes, Jr. of Southport and Joyce Whitehead of Southport; and her siblings, Barbara Hawkins of Southport, Thelma Whitehead of Southport, Thomasina Owens of Durham, Maggie Purefoy (Bene) of Durham, Adelia Muhammad of Seattle, WA and Thomas Jefferson Whitehead, Jr. (Clara) of Tarheel.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Davis Funeral Home

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May 14, 2025

Martie Cabral wrote a sympathy message

“I just heard today that Eva had passed. She was one of the sweetest, kindest humans to walk this earth. I worked with her at South Brunswick High School for years. She was a true professional and a true woman of faith. She loved her husband and her children; always stayed on Bobby to do his best. I am so sorry for your loss. The hole in your hearts will be filled when she is returned to you. It is a promise: Revelation 21:1-4 gives me comfort and a future to look forward to ..”