Alma Jean Holmes TRENTON - Alma Jean Holmes, 86, of Trenton passed away Aug. 24, 2010 at Capital Health System-Mercer. Alma was born in Cherokee, SC. She was raised and educated in Spartanburg, SC. She was member of Trenton Church of Christ, where she served as the president of the Usher Board and the Sunshine Guild and treasurer of the Missionary Board. Mother Holmes also served on the Mothers' Board and the Senior Choir. She was the consummate hostess and her passion was serving, along with her husband, on the church's Bereavement Committee. Mother Holmes was preceded in death by her parents, Roland and Nettie Thompson; her brother, Ernest; her son, Ronald, and her grandson, Jamaal. She leaves to cherish her memories her husband of 63 years, Uriah; a daughter and son-in-law, Kathy and Willie Shy of Willingboro, NJ; two granddaughters, Andrea Webber (Michael) of Kelso, WA, and Nakia Shy of Willingboro, NJ; two grandsons, Michael Shy of Willingboro, NJ, and Durell Davis of Trenton, NJ; a great-granddaughter, Sadrea Coffie; a sister-in-law, Alma Lee of Baltimore, MD; three special cousins, Bobby Jean and Calvin Heywood and Sylvia Holmes-McFarlin; two Goddaughters, Yvonne Davis and Debbie Graham; three sister-friends, Flora Gentry, Gwen Shy, Mary Whitt and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m., Monday, Aug. 30, 2010, at Greater Faith Church of Christ, 554 Ridge Ave., Hamilton, NJ. Calling hours will be 9 a.m. until time of service at the church. Interment will be at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, at Brig. Gen. Wm. C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Arneytown, NJ. Arrangements are by the Hughes Funeral Home.