Miss Ellen M. Holmes departed this life Monday, August 7th, 1911 at John Hopkins hospital in her 24th year. Miss Holmes was well known in Baltimore and vicinity having been a graduate of the Baltimore Normal School in 1906 and has been a school teacher in the public schools of Maryland since that time. She was an active church worker and was beloved by all with whom she came in touch. She was well liked especially for her peaceful and loving disposition.

 

Her funeral services were held at Morning Star Baptist Church, Winters Avenue, Catonsville, Thursday at 10 o’clock. They were conducted by Rev. George Harris, of Washington, D.C., assisted by Revs. L. B. Coleman and West. The active pallbearers were Messrs. John Williams, Samuel Torsell, William Jenson, William Green and Blackwell and Allen Green. The honorary pallbearers were Misses Lillian and Nellie Matthews, Sedonia, Marion and Jerioline Ray, and Miss Dora Marshall.

 

She leaves a father and mother, Mrs. and Mrs. Andrew Holmes, two sisters, Mrs. Louisa Williams and Miss Nanny Holmes, two brothers, Messrs. Jas. and Andrew Holmes, to mourn their loss.

 

Interment was in Sharp Street Cemetery.