Mary Elizabeth "Lib" Holmes, 86, of Lumberton, NC, passed away Tuesday, August 15, 2023, at her home. She was born in Robeson County, NC on April 28, 1937 to the late Jessie & Maggie Johnson Hammonds.

Lib loved to work in her garden and loved cooking meals for her family from her own fresh vegetables. She also enjoyed sewing and taking fishing trips with her late husband.

Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Holmes; her daughter, Anita Pait; her grandsons, Cameron and Corey; her brothers: Chalmer Hammonds, Bernice Hammonds, Elmer Hammonds, and Tom Hammonds; and her sisters: Eva Wilkins, Joannie Anders, Alice Parnell, and Margie Hammonds.

She is survived by her daughter, Regina Tyner of the home; her son-in-law, Jeff Pait of Lumberton, NC; her granddaughter, Alyssa Pait of Lumberton, NC; her brother, Gary Hammonds and wife Monnie of Bladenboro, NC; and her sisters, Joyce Pait and husband Will of Southern Pines, NC and Vincie Hickman of Hope Mills, NC.

A graveside service will be held on Thursday, August 17, 2023, at 11:00 AM at Floyd Memory Gardens, 3720 Old Whiteville Road in Lumberton, NC, with Rev. Michael Bowen officiating.