Funeral Set For Burger Theory Employee Murdered At Joliet House

JOLIET, IL — A 27-year-old Joliet man who died inside his house on the city's southeast side during an overnight drive-by shooting on Feb. 24 will be laid to rest this Friday, March 8. The visitation for Eugene Holmes is from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at St. John M.B. Church, 104 East Zarley Boulevard.

The funeral service starts at 11 a.m. and Pastor Herb Brooks will officiate. Internment will occur afterward in Lemont at the Vernon Memorial Estates, according to the Minor-Morris Funeral Home in Joliet.

"He passed away tragically at his residence in Joliet in a senseless act of gun violence," his obituary notes. "He was born and raised in Joliet, IL and attended JTHS and JJC."

According to Minor-Morris, Eugene Holmes worked at the Burger Theory sitdown restaurant. It's near I-80 and Houbolt Road inside Joliet's Holiday Inn & Suites Hotel that opened last year.

"He loved a great many things, including church, cooking, movies, traveling, family, friends and God. He wanted to always share words of encouragement, positivity and be a testimony out in the world," Holmes' obituary declares.

Joliet Patch previously reported that Holmes was fatally shot around 1:45 a.m., Sunday, Feb. 24, when a car pulled up to his house in the 400 block of South Ottawa Street. According to Joliet Police, several people got out of the car and shot up the house. Several people were inside at the time of the shooting. Holmes was the only person struck by the bullets. He was later pronounced dead inside the house.

So far, nobody has been arrested in connection with his slaying.

To read the full obituary for Joliet resident Eugene Holmes, please visit the Minor-Morris Funeral Home website here.

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