Wanda Pearl Hughes Holmes, 73, of Lakeland, FL passed away June 8, 2022. She was born in Orlando, FL to parents Dudley A. Hughes, Jr. and Dorothy Dunbar. Mrs. Holmes was a wife, mother and a long-time business owner in Lakeland, FL. She was a proud member of Daughters of the American Revolution and the Mayflower Descendants Society.
She is preceded in death by her husband Harry Lee Holmes, Sr.; her parents Dudley Hughes and Dorothy Dunbar.
Left to treasure her memory is sons Harry L Holmes, Jr (Melissa) of Lakeland, FL and John F. Holmes of Nashville, TN; daughters Robin Holmes Byrd (Melvin) and Charman Burt (Daniel) of Lakeland, FL, DeAnna Benitez (Rafael) of Dalton, GA; 12 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; sisters Linda Hughes of Cincinnati, OH and Julie Eyler of Phoenix, AZ, and Lisa Hughes of Wichita Falls, TX; many nieces and nephews.
A visitation will be held 9-10AM on Thursday, June 16, 2022, at the Harvest Assembly of God Church in Lakeland, FL with a Funeral service at 10AM. Interment will follow at 2:00PM in the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, FL.
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