Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holland, Herbert H., 1961 

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H. H. Holland, 79, of Windsor Died in Boating Accident 

  Herbert Hilton Holland, 79, of Windsor, a retired farmer, died in a boating 
accident Monday afternoon September 4, 1961, while he fished with a companion 
in Joyner's Pond in Isle of Wight County near Five Forks. 

  Sheriff Harold C. Taylor said Mr. Holland fell from the boat. 

  He grabbed the side of the boat and told his companions to row to shore, 
Taylor said. 

  In shallow water, Holland climbed back into the boat, then collapsed and 
died. 

  Taylor said Holland's death was classified as accidental. 

  A funeral service was held at the R.W. Baker Funeral Home in Suffolk 
Wednesday at 4 P.M.  Burial was in Oakland Church Cemetery. 

  He was a son of James Richard Holland and Sallie Dixon Holland of Nansemond 
County and a member of Woodland Methodist Church and the Isle of Wight Ruritan 
Club. 

  Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Bessie Mae Holland; a daughter, Mrs. Ann 
Holland Worrell of Five Forks; two sons, Richard Corbell Holland of Red Point 
Heights, Smithfield, and James Herbert Holland of Five Forks; three step-
children, Mrs. Henley E. Williams of Nansemond County, Willie J. Griffin of 
Wakefield; and Edward Griffin of Windsor; three sisters, Mrs. E.E. Wagner, 
Mrs. R.L. Wagner and Mrs Maggie Holland of Suffolk; and nine grandchildren. 


Herbert Hilton HOLLAND, of Windsor, retired farmer, 
b. 5 Mar 1882, Nansemond Co., d. 4 Sep 1961, Joyner's Pond, Isle of Wight Co., 
interred in Newman Memorial Cemetery*, Oakland Christian Church, Chuckatuck, 
   6 Sep 1961, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 42, No. 36, Thurs., Sep. 7, 1961, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Find a Grave Memorial #228273702 [no photo] 

His parents, James Richard & Sarah Ann (DIXON) HOLLAND, are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 23898 (Dist. 146 #51) gives died of accidental drowning. 

His father (1836 - 1918) was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private 
   in Co. F, 9th VA Infantry. 


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