Harmony Lodge No. 9 F&AM


1237 Reservoir Avenue -- Cranston -- Rhode Island -- 02920 -- USA
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02/08/10

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In Loving Memory
Richard L. Holmes
- 2/2/2010

 

Richard Lauriston Holmes, 87, a retired bank officer whose family has lived in R.I. since 1676 died Sunday at the Orchard View Manor in East Providence.  He was the husband of Shirley (Severance) Holmes. 


 

Born in Providence the son of the late Louis R. and Mary E. (Crossin) Holmes, he was a long time resident of the city , moving to East Harwich, MA in 1981 and then to Seekonk in 1984. He has lived in  East Providence since  1994.


 

An alumnus of Classical High School, 1940, Mr. Holmes graduate From Brown University in 1944. In his 25th reunion year, he led his class as Marshall at the Brown Commencement Exercises.


 

From 1944-1951, Mr. Holmes worked in the Trust Department Operations for Blackstone Canal Bank in Providence and its successor, Providence National Bank.  In 1951 he joined R.I. Hospital Trust Bank where he served as trust Audit Supervisor for 19 years and from which he retired in 1981 as the Safe Deposit Officer.


 

While living on Cape Cod, Mr. Holmes worked as a bagger in Ellis Market in Orleans.


 

Keenly interested in Firefighting, Mr. Holmes had been an auxiliary Firefighter with Hose 18, Broad St. Providence, an Associate Member of the Pawtuxet Volunteer Fire Company #1. He was a charter member of Canteen #1 and was the first treasurer on the  Special Signal Fire Association of Providence.   In 1960 he was appointed by Governor John Chafee to serve on a seven member commission to present plans for establishing a statewide Firefighter’s Training Academy.  He was a member of the 100 Club of R.I.


 

An avid Republican, Mr. Holmes served as Secretary and later as Vice Chair of the 9th Ward Republican Committee from 1952 to 1964. He also served as a volunteer Service Academy Interviewer in the Providence office of Sen. John Chafee.


 

Mr. Holmes was President of the First Universalist Church in Providence from 1964 to 1981??  And was a former deacon of the Church.  Mr. Holmes was also a communicant of St Martin Episcopal Church in Providence and later St. Stephen’s in Barrington.


 

He was a member of the Harmony Lodge #9 A.F. & A.M., St. John Commandery #1, the Scottish Rite, Valley of Providence (32 Degree). He was also a member of Ionia Chapter 317 O.E.S. and Gaspee Order, Swords of Bunker Hill.


 

Youth work was essential to Mr. Holmes. He had been a Sunday School Teacher at Christ Episcopal Church in Harwich and St. John’s Church in Barrington and a former counselor for the Merit Badge Program of the Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America.  He was a charter member of the Masonic Youth Recreation Committee. In 1975, he was named Rhode Island DeMolay Advisor of the year. He was devoted to Fidelity Chapter,  Order of DeMolay and served on its advisory Council from 1943 to 1979. both as “Dad” advisor and Chairman. He had received DeMolay’s Highest honor: Chevalier Degree, Cross of Honor and Legion of Honor Degree. 


 

A Lineal descendant of Elder William Brewster, Mr. Holmes was a member of the R.I. society of Mayflower Descendants.


 

He was a former member of the board of Steere  House, Home for the Aged in Providence and was a friend of the Doolittle home for Aged in Foxboro. He was a former member of the Brown University Sports Foundation,  the Brown Football Association,  the Lincoln School Foundation and the St Andrew School Foundation.


 

The funeral will be Private


 

 

One man in a thousand, Solomon says,
Will stick more close than a brother.
And it's worth while seeking him half your days
If you find him before the other.
Nine nundred and ninety-nine depend
On what the world sees in you,
But the Thousandth man will stand your friend
With the whole round world agin you.

'Tis neither promise nor prayer nor show
Will settle the finding for 'ee.
Nine hundred and ninety-nine of 'em go
By your looks, or your acts, or your glory.
But if he finds you and you find him.
The rest of the world don't matter;
For the Thousandth Man will sink or swim
With you in any water.

You can use his purse with no more talk
Than he uses yours for his spendings,
And laugh and meet in your daily walk
As though there had been no lendings.
Nine hundred and ninety-nine of 'em call
For silver and gold in their dealings;
But the Thousandth Man h's worth 'em all,
Because you can show him your feelings.

His wrong's your wrong, and his right's your right,
In season or out of season.
Stand up and back it in all men's sight --
With that for your only reason!
Nine hundred and ninety-nine can't bide
The shame or mocking or laughter,
But the Thousandth Man will stand by your side
To the gallows-foot -- and after!


 

 

 

 

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