- Date Of Birth: October 24, 1924
- Date Of Death: May 25, 2020
- State: Massachusetts
George Adrian Holmes ,WW II Veteran, CBI U.S. Army SST5 ,founder of Telemobile and Samoset TV & Radio, former Owner of the Cold Springs Motel in Plymouth. Passed on Memorial Day May 25,2020. George was born in Plymouth October 24, 1924 the son of Adrian Austin Holmes and Mary (Maria Narciso-da Gloria) Holmes. He was husband to the late Martha Louis Thomas of Carver MA. He is survived by his sister Barbara (Holmes)White wife of the late Judge George White, son Thomas George Holmes, his wife Janet (Nickerson) Holmes and son Kenneth Todd Holmes, his wife Jean Diane (Poirier) Holmes all of Plymouth. Grandson Andrew Tyler Holmes, Andrea (Caruso) Holmes, wife of the Late Ryan C. Holmes of Plymouth, Granddaughter Katie Elizabeth (Holmes) Garbitt and Husband Jack Garbitt of Yarmouth Port. Granddaughters Rebecca Holmes, Jessica Abigail (Holmes) Zuppe and Husband Joseph Zuppe, of Plymouth. Great Grandsons Benjamin Ryan Holmes, Brendan Anthony Holmes, Noah Jacob Garbitt, Adam Joseph Garbitt, Great Granddaughters Sofia Zuppe, Mila Zuppe, Victoria Kemp and many nieces and nephews. George and Martha built their 1st home in 1949 in Plymouth on the Carver Plains (RTE 44/178 Carver Rd) where his family was raised. He enjoyed teaching his family all types of outdoor skills, business skills and how to be thankful for the things you have. He enjoyed traveling the world with his wife Martha, was an avid Outdoorsman, an expert Pistol target shot with the Plymouth Road and Gun club for most of his adult life. A legend among the great northern woods’ deer hunters, he had many hunting/fishing trips that took him, friends and family north to Rudy Shatney’s Log Cabins in Clarksville/Stewards Town/Colebrook NH for over 65 years, South to PA or West to the Berkshires. He loved getting out with his friends Rudy, Ernie, Tommy, Larry and Bob during hunting the season and in the summer, take and teach his grandkids fly fishing up North. He also enjoyed Golfing in his spare time with his 80-year-old+ golf buddies, was a competitive Bocce player, Bowler and poker player. George was very proud of his service to his county during WWII and often spoke of his time spent in China, Burma and India as an Army Tech SST5 Sergeant in the communication group under the command of General (Vinegar) Joe Stillwell and his crossing of the Burma Road and flying over the hump into China. A life member of CBI’s (China, Burma, India.
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