Tom Holmes is seen in the 2017 Fourth of July parade in Conway with then Grand Marshall and retiring Town Manager Earl Sires. Holmes, who is now retiring from the town manager position himself, will be the grand marshall of this year’s parade. (FILE PHOTO)
Tom Holmes is seen in the 2017 Fourth of July parade in Conway with then Grand Marshall and retiring Town Manager Earl Sires. Holmes, who is now retiring from the town manager position himself, will be the grand marshall of this year’s parade. (FILE PHOTO)
CONWAY — This isn’t the first time Tom Holmes has ridden in the grand marshal’s vehicle in a Conway Independence Day Parade — but come Monday at 1:30 p.m. it will mark the first time he'll be riding as THE grand marshal.
“I rode with Earl Sires when he was retiring as town manager in 2017," Holmes said this week. "He asked me to accompany him — now that I’m retiring as town manager, the town is honoring me. Never in a million years did I think I’d get to ride in the grand marshal car twice,” laughed Holmes, who turns 67 come Sept. 21 and is retiring Aug. 1.
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