Jennie Holmes

Jennie Kittrell Holmes was born in Augusta, Arkansas on September 28, 1941 and passed from this life on August 5, 2025. In 1959 she graduated from Wynne High School and moved to Jonesboro to attend Arkansas State College, graduating in 1962 with a BSE Degree.

She and Winston Holmes were married in 1961 and made their home in the Bay area where they farmed and raised their family. Jennie was a full-time mom while also helping on the family’s farm, serving on the Bay School Board and the Craighead County-Jonesboro Library Board of Trustees, and volunteering as a tutor in the Bay Public School System for 20 years.

Later in life she took pleasure in her family and in traveling to the National Parks, the Baltic Sea area, and the central part of Europe.  Other joys in her life were weekly “Girls Day Out” with friends from Bay, enjoying her grandsons on “Friday Nights at Jen Jen’s,” and get-togethers with high school friends, “The Fair Oaks Girls.”

Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law Chris and Adele Holmes of Benton, her daughter and son-in-law Wendy and Steve Davis of Bay, and grandsons Drace Boon of Conway and Conner Boon of Jonesboro.  Her husband Winston Holmes, mother Priscilla Kittrell, and brother Tommy Kittrell, preceded her in death.

There will be no formal services. Family and friends are invited to gather for a casual celebration of Jennie’s life on Friday, August 15 from 6-8pm at her home on 600 Fielder Street in Bay. It is requested that there be no food or flowers brought, but please do bring pictures and stories to tell.

Any donations may be directed to the Bay United Methodist Church Food Pantry.

Condolences may be mailed to P. O. Box 11, Bay, AR, 72411, or emailed to jenniekholmes@yahoo.com or the online registry at www.emersonfuneralhome.com