Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holland, Edgar L., 1942 

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EDGAR LEE HOLLAND 

   Edgar Lee Holland, aged 63, husband of Dora Carr Holland, resident of 
Franklin for the past nine years, died Friday morning at his home on 
Hill Street after an illness of many months.

   He was the son of the late James and Sally Ray Holland* of North Carolina.

   Besides his wife he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Iva Lee Drake and 
Mrs. Nellie May Bryant of Franklin, and Mrs. Eunice Britt of Littleton and one 
son, Jack Holland of Portsmouth; 15 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

   Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Beaver Dam Baptist Church at 
2 o’clock by the Rev. John Batkins and the Rev. R.D. Stephenson.  Burial was 
in the church cemetery.


Edgar Lee HOLLAND, 
Northampton Co., NC native, d. 9 Oct 1942, at home, Franklin, age circa 63, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery*, near Franklin, 11 Oct 1942, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 16, 1942, p. 4 

*Beaver Dam list (BC-42) - an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 

The cemetery list shows his parents as James Calvin & Sallie Ann 
   (SUMNER) HOLLAND. 

The stone he shares with his widow, pictured with Find a Grave Mem. #66556707, 
   is wrong - it gives Feb. 12, 1882 - Oct. 7, 1941. 

His D.Cert. (23548 {Franklin #78}) gives Feb. 5, 1879 - Oct. 9, 1942. 

His WW-I draft registration gives b. Feb. 27, 1881. 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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