Brad Hayes Holman was born July 18, 1913, in Ryan, Oklahoma, to Robert J. and Frances Anderson Holman. He passed from this life Tuesday, May 3, 2005, at the Westbrook Nursing Home in Waurika, Oklahoma, at the age of ninety-one. He and Joyce Howard were married June 14, 1936, in Terral, Oklahoma. Mr. Holman was a carpenter until his retirement. He was a member of the Waurika Church of Christ.

Survivors include: his wife, Joyce of the home in Waurika, OK; one son - Jerry Brad and his wife Fran Holman of Waurika, OK; two daughters - Pat and her husband Everett Hodges of Denison, TX, and JoAnn and her husband Clarence Yearley of Oklahoma City, OK; nine grandchildren; nineteen great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, and two sisters.

Funeral services or Mr. Holman were at 10:00 AM, Thursday, May 5, 2005, at the Waurika Church of Christ with Rodger Schwenn and Noel Curington officiating. Burial was in the Sugden Cemetery under the direction of Dudley Funeral Home of Waurika.