Obituary of Judy Kaye Varnado

Judy Kaye Varnado, age 50, died Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at Fairview University Medical Center, Minneapolis. A Funeral Service will be held at 12 Noon on Friday, June 15 at Mount Olivet Baptist Church, 451 W. Central Avenue, St. Paul, with the Reverend Dr. James C. Thomas, officiating. Visitation will be 5-8 PM Thursday at the Spielman Mortuary and also one hour prior to the service at church on Friday (11 AM-12 Noon.) Interment Elmhurst Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be John Dungey, Shannon Martin, Michael Turner, Sr., Keith Holmes, Derek Smith, and Rasheed Wade. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Gehad Aldwin, Carl Holmes, Lamont Nixon, Louis Turner, Derek Washington, Angelo Dungey, Terry Holmes, Leroy Turner, James Varnado, and Malik Holmes. Judy Kaye (Holmes) Varnado, loving wife, mother, daughter, sister, and aunt was born September 23, 1961 in Ft. Worth, Texas. Judy, a devoted member of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, was preceded in death by her father, Henry R. Holmes. She is survived by her mother, Helen R. Holmes; husband, Michael; daughters, Micah ad Mayah; siblings, Keith, Terry (Sharon), and Janis; as well as a host of uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. Judy granduated in 1983 from Marquette University in Wisconsin where she met her husband and was President of 1983 Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Arrangements entrusted to the Spielman Mortuary.