Maurice William Holmes was born on March 22, 1931 in Monterey, Monterey County, California United States to Blanche Isabel Rose McLachlan and Maurice Hanford Holmes, and had siblings Norman Leroy Holmes, Howard Hanford Holmes, and Blanche Shirley (Holmes). He married Charlotte Holmes, and they were married until death separated them. He had children Lisa Lee Lueders-Monnier, Maurice William Holmes, and Alex Hugh Holmes. Maurice Holmes died at age 85 years old on February 15, 2017 in Carriere, Mississippi.