Isle of Wight-Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holland, M. Etta Joyner, 1961 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ETTA MARY JOYNER CARR HOLLAND MRS. HOLLAND DIES, FUNERAL SET TOMORROW Wakefield - Funeral services for Mrs. Etta Joyner Holland will be conducted Saturday at 3 p.m. at the Antioch Christian Church near Windsor by the Rev. Gerald Voye, pastor of Bethany Presbyterian Church and the Rev. J.W. Horne, pastor of Tucker Swamp Baptist Church. Burial will be in Antioch Church Cemetery. The body will be taken from the Purviance Funeral Home one hour prior to the services. Pallbearers will be John Joyner, Goode Joyner, Walter Joyner, Elton Joyner, Ben Munford, James Chapman, Earle Joyner and Nurney Joyner. Mrs. Holland died yesterday at 6 p.m. in Lane Nursing Home, Suffolk after a long illness. She was a native of Isle of Wight County and was a daughter of Jethro Thomas and Mrs. Joseth [sic: Josephine] Elizabeth Joyner. She was a member of Bethany Presbyterian Church, Zuni. Surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Ocie Bradshaw of Zuni, Mrs. Ernest Cones of Suffolk, Mrs. Hester Chapman of Ivor and Mrs. Flecy Carter of Roanoke. ****************************************************************************** Mrs. Etta J. Holland WAKEFIELD - Mrs. Etta Joyner Holland died Thursday at 6 p.m. in Lane's Nursing Home, Suffolk, after a long illness. She was a native of Isle of Wight County and was a daughter of Jethro Thomas and Mrs. Josephine* Elizabeth Joyner. She was a member of Bethany Presbyterian Church, Zuni. Surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Ocie Bradshaw of Zuni, Mrs. Ernest Cones of Suffolk, Mrs. Hester Chapman of Ivor and Mrs. Fleecy Carter of Roanoke. The body was taken to Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield. ****************************************************************************** Funerals Mrs. Etta J. Holland WAKEFIELD - A funeral service for Mrs. Etta Joyner Holland, who died Thursday, was held in Antioch Christian Church Saturday by the Rev. Gerald Vaye, pastor of Bethany Presbyterian Church, and the Rev. J. W. Horne of Tucker Swamp Baptist Church. Burial was in Antioch Church Cemetery. Pallbearers were Walter Joyner, John Joyner, Goode Joyner, Elton Joyner, Earl Joyner, Nurney Joyner, Ben Munford and James Chapman. Marietta "Etta Mae" (JOYNER CARR; Mrs. Mills T.) HOLLAND, b. 7 Oct 1876, Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 2 Mar 1961, Suffolk, interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery**, near Windsor, 4 Mar 1961, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 39, No. 53, Fri., Mar. 3, 1961, p. 3; "Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Friday, March 3, 1961, p. 12; "Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Sunday, March 5, 1961, p. 18-A **Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html Additional information: Etta is buried with her 1st husband, "Sol" Solomon W. CARR (1861-1934). They m. 23 Oct 1895, in Gates Co., NC. Her parents, Jethro Thomas & Josephine Elizabeth (DAUGHTREY) JOYNER, are also buried at Antioch. Sol's obit ("Smithfield Times," May 10, 1934, p. 9) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/c600s7ob.txt The 1900 Census gives her as b. Oct 1877 VA, age 22 (corrected from "23"), but her grave marker gives 1876-1961. Etta Mae 2m. Mills Thomas HOLLAND (1870-1942), 8 Apr 1939 in Windsor. (IoW.Co. #25} Mills is buried with his 1st wife, Anna Belle (CARR) HOLLAND (1874-1937) - all at Antioch. Mills' obit ("Smithfield Times," Mar. 12, 1942, p. 4) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/h453m15o.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net) and Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com), with research assistance by Anne Marie Piland. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/h453e5ob.txt