Joyce “Sally” Crump Holmes, 81, of Joaquin, passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2026, in Carthage.
Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, November 13, 2026, at Watson & Sons Funeral Home in Center
with visitation beginning at 10:00 a.m. Bro. Haagon Lister will officiate. Interment will follow at Sholar Cemetery
in Joaquin.
Pallbearers will be Cole Gray, Wyatt Hairgrove, Triston Hairgrove, Abram Hairgrove, Tate Obregon, Maddox
Hutchins, and Kain Yates. Honorary pallbearers will be Dane Whiddon, Charles Rutherford, and Roger
Rutherford.
Born September 9, 1945, in the Logan Community of Panola County, Sally is the daughter of Clarence Bernard
Rutherford and Fettie Vashtie Adams Rutherford. She was an avid reader, an excellent seamstress, and she also
enjoyed hunting. Sally was a self-taught interior designer, and if you live in or around Shelby County, she likely
hung your wallpaper. Sally was a member of R. B. Levy chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and
Word of Faith Outreach Ministries.
She is survived by her husband, Tommy Joe Holmes of Carthage; daughters, Cristi and husband Jinx Hutchins of
Joaquin, Carrie and husband Anthony Obregon of Joaquin, and Ginny and husband Craig Collins of Carthage; son,
Kenneth Holmes and wife Stacy of Tenaha; grandchildren, Carolyn and husband James Haynes, Cole Gray and
wife Candace, Wyatt Hairgrove and wife Taylor, Triston Hairgrove and wife Loren, Abram Hairgrove and wife
Lindsey, Tate Obregon, Lexi and husband Kain Yates, Holly and husband Reid Nichols, Haley Smith, Sierra
Bergeron, Clara Collins, Cooper Collins and wife Amy, J.J. Ackerman and wife Megan, Ginny and husband Craig
Collins, and Abigail Homes; numerous great grandchildren; sister, Ruth Ann Rutherford of Marshall; sisters-in-law,
Pat Crump of Joaquin and Nancy Rutherford of Marshall.
Preceded in death by husband, Roy Manning Crump Sr.; son, Roy Manning Crump Jr.; parents, Clarence Bernard
Rutherford and Fettie Vashtie Adams Rutherford; brothers, Jay Rutherford, Farrell Rutherford, Daniel Rutherford,
Carl Rutherford, and Hugh Rutherford; and sisters, Willa Dean McMillan and Peggy Gorman.
A special thank you to Panola Nursing and Rehabilitation and HeartsWay Hospice for their compassionate care.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Sholar Cemetery Fund.
Online condolences & tributes can be sent at www.watsonandsonsfh.com