<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/obituaries/lorene-holmes.html" dsn="news"><item_date>12/23/2012 12:00:00 AM</item_date><category_header>Obituary</category_header><image><img src="" alt=""/></image><firstname>Lorene</firstname><middlename>Barnes</middlename><maidenname/><lastname>Holmes</lastname><suffix/><graduation-Year>'66 M.B.Ed.,</graduation-Year><relationship-to-university>Alumni</relationship-to-university><degree-program-completed>'70 Ed.D.</degree-program-completed><position-held-at-the-university/><title>Lorene Holmes</title><author/><type>obituary</type><categories/><relationships><relationship>Alumni</relationship></relationships><main-content>
    
      Lorene Barnes Holmes (’66 M.B.Ed., ’70 Ed.D.), Hawkins :: She retired from Jarvis Christian College after 49 years and was named Professor Emeritus. The college also named the Dr. Lorene Barnes Endowed Scholarship in her honor. She was a certified United Methodist Church lay speaker for the Tyler district and a Golden Life Member and Southwest General Educator of the Year for Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
    

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