Obit of David Pope Holland - Bastrop County, Texas 
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Bastrop Advertisor, 11/29/1934
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR D. P. HOLLAND HELD SUNDAY

Funeral services were held in Calvary Episcopal Church at 4 o'clock 
Sunday afternoon for David Pope Holland, 74, who quietly passed away 
very unexpectedly at 10:30 Saturday night. The Rev. Clarence H. Lake 
was in charge of the service with interment in Fairview Cemetery.

Mr. Holland, seemingly was as well as usual Saturday night. He sat 
with his devoted wife and read until past 9 o'clock, and became ill 
as he began to retire for the night. The doctor was summoned and the 
neighbors were called and, though everything possible was done, it was 
to no avail. Mr. Holland was unusually well all of his life, until last 
February when he suffered an attack of the flu, from which he never fully 
recovered. His death was caused from heart failure.

Mr. Holland was born on May 22, 1860, in Appalochicola, Florida. He was 
a son of Mary Ella Roberson and D. P. Holland II. On November 20, 1889, 
he was married to Miss Lela Telfair Higgins. Mr. Holland was successful 
in the legal profession, having practiced law in several states, leaving 
each location on account of his wife's ill health. He came to Texas in 
1900, practicing law for a number of years before retiring. Since coming 
to Bastrop County 12 years ago, he has given his entire time to his 
farming interests. He and Mrs. Holland lived on the farm about four 
years, but for the past eight years they have made their home in town.

Mr. Holland was a loyal member of the Episcopal church, consistently but 
unpretentiously, religious all of his life. The pleasure of severing 
others was one of his outstanding characteristics. In 1888, during a 
scourge of yellow fever in Florida when every one was fleeing from the 
epidemic, he stayed and offered his assistance and nursed those who were 
stricken until he himself became a victum. For his faithful and unselfish 
service at this time, the government awarded him with a medal. During his 
stay in Bastrop County he showed the same chacteristic in dealing with 
his negro tenants. All of them loved and respected him, and always came 
to him for help and advice.

Perhaps, the most beautiful part of his life was his devotion to his wife, 
and her love for him. They were sweethearts through the last day of his 
life, and his last words were to comfort and encourage her.

Mr Holland is survived by his wife, Lela HIggins Holland, and two sisters, 
Mrs. Martin Driscoll, of Brooklyn, NY, and Mrs. Lucy Alexander, of Pierce, 
Florida.

Pall bearers were Judge Hartford Jenkins, W. I. McDaniel, J. G. Bryson, 
E. C. Erhard, Fred Moore and Jno. O. Turner. Among those from out-of-town 
attending the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Brieger, and son, Raymond 
of Houston; Judge R. I. Batts, Mrs. John Middleton and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil 
Middleton, of Austin.