OXFORD - George S. Holmes, 69, a resident of 4167 Hight Road, died Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at Hock Family Pavilion in Durham.

He was the son of the late Alvah Grady Holmes and Mattie Pergerson Holmes and was a native of Nash County.

No services are planned at this time.

Surviving: sons,  James Holmes and Alton Holmes, both of Oxford; sisters, Eveline Medlin of Franklinton, and Sylvia Holden of Charlotte; brother, Charles Holmes of Louisburg.

The family is receiving visitors at 5042 Old Route 75.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Westwood Pentecostal Holiness Church, 235 Yowland Road, Henderson, NC 27536.

Wright Funeral Home is assisting the family.