Charles Milligan Holman, Jr. MD

Charles Milligan Holman, Jr MD, 81 of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on Monday, April 13, 2026.

He was born on December 19, 1944 in Atlanta, GA to Dr. Charles Milligan Holman and Anne Edge Holman. He graduated from Albany High School in Albany, GA in 1963. He was a three-year letterman in track and basketball. He was starting point guard for his junior and senior years. He was elected Senior Superlative.

Charles entered Emory University in 1963 and graduated with a BA in biology in 1967. He was a John Gordon Stope Scholar and a member of Kappa Alpha Fraternity where he was president of his pledge class and served two years as Treasurer of the fraternity.

In 1967, he was admitted to Emory University School of Medicine and graduated in 1971 with a MD Degree. He was cofounder and editor of the Anlage, Medical School newspaper during his tenure there.

He served a year of surgical internship at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, TN between 1971 and 1972. The rigorous schedule and personal discipline that he experienced there molded him into the dedicated physician that he later became.

He returned to Emory where he served as a first-year resident in General surgery and the Emory University Affiliated Hospitals between 1972 and 1973. In 1973, he was accepted into the Emory University Medical School’s Urology Residency Program. He completed his Chief Resident’s year in 1976.

Following the completion of his Urology Residency, He entered the United States Air Force through the Berry Plan which had allowed him to complete his residency program before entering the military. He was sent to the Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, MS where he served two years of active duty as a Major as one of two Urologist’s at the third largest medical facility in the USAF.

While in the service, he passed his Urology Board exams and became a Board-Certified Urologist by the American Board of Urology. He was also a member of the American Urological Association and the Mississippi Urological Association.

Upon honorable discharge from the USAF, he went into the private practice of Urology in Biloxi and Ocean Springs, Mississippi in partnership with Dr. Robert Carter. The practiced together for eighteen years when Dr. Carter retired. Thereafter, Dr. Holman essentially was in a solo practice until he retired in 2010 after thirty-seven years of practice.

During his years of practice of Urology on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, he was on the active medical staff of Biloxi Regional Medical Center, Gulf Coast Community Hospital, Ocean Springs Hospital, and the consulting staff of Gulfport Memorial Hospital and Singing River Hospital, Pascagoula, MS.

He also served as a Chief of Staff and President of the Medical staff at Biloxi Regional Hospital and as chief of staff at Gulf Coast Community Hospital. He was Chief of Surgery at Ocean Springs Hospital.

He served as a member of the Biloxi Regional Hospital Advisory Board of Directors for fourteen years and as a member of the Advisory Board for the People’s Bank of Biloxi.

Dr. Holman was along time member of the Biloxi Yacht Club where he served as a Fleet Surgeon, Member of the board of directors, and flag officers where he ultimately served as Commadore in 2015 and past commadore in 2016.

As a member of the Gulf Yachting Association, he served as a member of the GYA Foundation Board which managed the charitable donations and financial support to GYA sailors in major regional and national regattas. He served as present of the board between 2014 and 2017.

Dr. Holman was blessed to have a loving father and mother who taught him to be an outdoors person who grew to love being in the woods or on the water whenever possible. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and passed this love to his own children and grandchildren.

He was a long-time member of Twin Lakes Hunting Club in Port Gibson, MS and later, Old Cedar Hunting Club when Twin Lakes was sold. Many wonderful weekends were spent hunting and visiting with the dear friends he made there.

He also loved to fish, both for inshore species such as trout and redfish, and for offshore species such as sailfish, mahi, tarpon, snook, and triple tail.

Once he retired, he and his wife, Jean, began to travel. They met the Fileri’s of Pittsford, NY and became fast friends and travel buddies. As near as can be recalled, he and Jean visited thirty different countries and many places in the United States such as the Master’s Golf tournament many times, Highlands, NC, and Islamorada, FL.

He and Jean were also involved with Mardi Gras on the Gulf Coast. He was a life member of the Order of Mithras and served as King in 2025. He was also a member of the Krewe of Revelers and was in the Court in 1989. He was a founding member of the Krewe of Neptune.

Jean was a long-time member of the ladies Krewe of Les Masque. Dr. Holman was King of that group in 2022.

Saving the best for last, Dr. Holman and Jean are blessed by loving and caring children and grandchildren, all who bring joy to them daily. They are also blessed to have dear friends who have been supportive and loving during these difficult times.

Dr. Holman was preceded in death by his parents, Dr. Charles Milligan Holman and Anne Edge Holman; maternal grandparents, David B. Edge and Evelyn Estelle Edge; and paternal grandparents, William Clinton Holman and Robbie Holman.

He is survived by his wife, Juanita Jean Becker Holman; children, Holly Anne Holman Evans (John) of Charleston, WV, Lauren Elizabeth Holman Hensley (John) of Mobile, AL, Michelle Leigh Graham Mowat (Todd) of Ocean Springs, MS, Eric Jason Graham, MD (Tracey) of Ocean Springs, MS, and Amanda Caye Graham Dobbins (David) of Ocean Springs, MS; seventeen grandchildren and one great grandchild.

A funeral service will be held at 11:00am on Thursday, May 7, 2026 at Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Home, Ocean Springs, MS. Friends may visit one hour prior.

Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Homes is honored to serve the family of Charles Milligan Holman, Jr. MD.