Obituaries:  Veltria Sims Holland, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       H-453
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 13, 2002
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Veltria Sims Holland (Photo)

  Visitation for Mrs. Veltria Sims Holland will be from 6 p.m.
until 9 p.m., Friday, November 15, 2002, at Winnfield Funeral
Home, 318 North Street in Natchitoches. Funeral services will be
Saturday, Nov. 16, at 12 noon, also at Winnfield Funeral Home,
followed by her burial at Rosa Chapel Methodist Church on Hall
Brake Road in Ajax.

  Mrs. Holland, 72, died surrounded by family on Friday morning,
November 8, 2002, at her residence in Many.

  She earned a B.S. degree from Grambling State University, and a
Master of Education degree from Texas Southern University, after
which, she devoted her time and professional talents as an
elementary educator in developing the potential of young people
in the public school system for 31 years.

  She was preceded in death by her husband, Leon Holland; her
parents, Johnnie and Malissa Sims; and her sister, Iva Lee
Bryant.

  Mrs. Holland is survived by five children; 13 grandchildren;
five great grandchildren; two sisters; one brother; and a host of
loving family members and friends.