Wake County NcArchives Obituaries.....Holland, Eugene Emmitt 2016
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Daily Progress, Charlottesville VA
EUGENE EMMITT HOLLAND

RALEIGH, N.C. Mr. Eugene Emmitt Holland, 77, died January 6, 2016 at his home in 
North Raleigh surrounded by his family. Mr. Holland was born and raised in 
Suffolk, Va. He attended NC State University, graduating with a degree in 
Engineering. He was employed for 34 years with Sperry Marine in Charlottesville, 
Va. and retired in 2002. Mr. Holland relocated to Raleigh, N.C. in 2006 where he 
was a member of Wake Forest Baptist Church.
  Gene leaves behind his beloved wife of 9 years, Nancy Carroll Jones-Holland; 
his two devoted children, JoAnne Duffy and her daughter, Eden of Durham, and 
Lawrence Holland, his wife, Kristen and their children, Elizabeth, Kaylee, and 
Eugene Emmitt III of Raleigh; Gene's brothers, Phillip Holland (his identical 
twin) and his wife, Betty of Houston, Texas, Clay Holland and his wife, Joyce, 
of Southport, N.C.; Nancy Carroll's children, Rudy Jones, Randy Jones, Rachel 
Greene and their families; Gene's sister-in-laws, Faye Varney and her husband, 
JB, of Suffolk, Va., and Mary Ann Freeman of Raleigh, N.C.; and eight special 
nieces and nephews, Phillip, LeeAnn, Spencer, Sally, Susan, Ben, Josh and 
Mariah.
  Mr. Holland was preceded in death by his parents, Lawrence Emmett and Ruth 
Jones Holland of Franklin, Va.; and his beloved first wife of 43 years, Barbara 
Wright Holland.
  Special thanks to Tabitha and George for being Gene's loving caregivers for 
the past two months.
  A funeral service will be held at Wake Forest Baptist Church on Monday, 
January 11, 2016 at 2 p.m. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, January 
12, 2016 at 1 p.m. at Holland Cemetery in Suffolk, Virginia. The Rev. Dr. Bill 
Slater will officiate both services, and the family will receive visitors 
immediately following each service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be 
directed to Beyond The Walls, c/o Wake Forest Baptist Church, 118 E. South 
Avenue Wake Forest, NC 27587.A service of Bright Funeral Home & Cremation 
Center, 405 S. Main St., Wake Forest, NC 27587 


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