{"id":16304,"date":"2019-05-28T07:11:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T12:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=16304"},"modified":"2019-06-23T11:57:34","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T16:57:34","slug":"james-f-jim-holmes-1936-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=16304","title":{"rendered":"James F. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Jim\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Holmes 1936 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/jim-holmes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16306\" width=\"146\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/jim-holmes.jpg 503w, https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/jim-holmes-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Longtime NCHA member and cutting horse breeder Jim Holmes,\n82, Longmont, Colo., a past president and a Hall of Fame member of the Western States Cutting\nHorse Association, passed away on Thursday, May 23. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jim Holmes\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s purchase of the 8-year-old stallion Wyoming\nDoc, in 1981, would prove to have a lasting impact on the cutting horse\nindustry through his Wyoming Doc daughter, Nurse Rey, the dam of cutting\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s #2\nall-time leading sire, Dual Rey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jim Holmes grew up in Madison, Wisconsin and moved to\nLongmont with his wife, Virginia, and their family in 1971, where Holmes developed\nmultiple business enterprises, as well as his interest in Quarter Horses. It\nwas in Longmont that his daughters Gail and Linda became interested in cutting\nhorses. Linda showed Wyoming Doc to place third in the 1983 NCHA Non-Pro World\nChampionship standings, while Gail focused on breeding and selling the horses.\nEven after they married and started their separate careers, Gail Holmes Allen and\nLinda Holmes stayed hooked with cutting horses and developed their own influential\nbreeding programs, while maintaining the heritage of their father\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s foundation.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visitation on Thursday, May 30<sup>th<\/sup> from 4:00 pm &#8211;\n6:00 pm, followed by Rosary Prayers at 6:00 pm<br>\nHowe Mortuary Chapel, 439 Coffman St, Longmont, CO 80501<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mass of Christian Burial on Friday, May 31<sup>st<\/sup> at\n10:00 am<br>\nSt. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 323 Collyer Street, followed by Burial at\n11:00 am, Mountain View Cemetery, 620 11th Avenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In lieu\nof flowers, memorials may be made to: The Steven Holmes Fund c\/o Longmont\nCommunity Foundation 636 Coffman Street, Suite #203 Longmont, CO 80502.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime NCHA member and cutting horse breeder Jim Holmes, 82, Longmont, Colo., a past president&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-milestones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16304"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16307,"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16304\/revisions\/16307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}