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Reverand Otis Charles Holmes prepares to pray for the Williams- McGriff family - Cairo, Georgia
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Accompanying note "The Reverend Otis Charles Holmes, of Baltimore, Md., right, leads prayer here Saturday as ten members of the Williams-McGriff family are laid to rest at Crestview Cemetery. The family members died in an early morning blaze on May 15th after using candles to illuminate their Baltimore home when their utilities were turned off because of non-payment. Two escaped the inferno."
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Foley, Mark T., 1943-. Reverand Otis Charles Holmes prepares to pray for the Williams- McGriff family - Cairo, Georgia. 1982. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/134378>, accessed 21 June 2026.
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Foley, Mark T., 1943-. Reverand Otis Charles Holmes prepares to pray for the Williams- McGriff family - Cairo, Georgia. 1982. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/134378>
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