Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holland, Judith A. Eley, 1939 

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FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR MRS. JUDITH A. HOLLAND 

   Mrs. Judith Anne Holland, 63, wife of Joseph Junius Holland, of Isle of 
Wight County, died Friday morning at 4:35 o'clock at a Suffolk hospital.  Mrs. 
Holland, who was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Eley, of Holland, 
is prominently connected by birth and marriage with pioneer families of 
Nansemond County.  She was an active member of Central Hill Baptist Church and 
of its organizations.  Besides her husband, she is survived by six sons, 
Eugene Holland, of Brooklyn; R.H. Holland, New York; W.H., Jasper, Rodman and 
Morrison Holland, of Isle of Wight County; two daughters, Mrs. James Melito, 
of Suffolk, and Mrs. Grant Elliott, of Orange; two sisters, Mrs. Charles Reid, 
and Mrs. William Henry Howell, of Holland; two brothers, John Eley, of 
Holland, and Henry Eley, of Whaleyville, and eight grandchildren. 

   The body was taken to the funeral Home of Roberts & Johnson in Smithfield. 
Funeral services were held at Central Hill Baptist Church Sunday afternoon. 
Burial was in the church cemetery. 

   Honorary pallbearers were members of the Bible Class and the deacons of 
Central Hill Baptist Church. 

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FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR MRS. JUDITH A. HOLLAND 

  Mrs. Judith Anne Holland, 63, wife of Joseph Junius Holland, of Isle of 
Wight County, died Friday morning at 4:35 o'clock at a Suffolk hospital.  Mrs. 
Holland, who was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Eley, of Holland, 
is prominently connected by birth and marriage with pioneer families of 
Nansemond County.  She was an active member of Central Hill Baptist Church and 
of its organizations.  Besides her husband, she is survived by six sons, 
Eugene Holland, of Brooklyn; R.H. Holland, New York; W.H., Jasper, Rodman and 
Morrison Holland, of Isle of Wight County; two daughters, Mrs. James Melito, 
of Suffolk, and Mrs. Grant Elliott, of Orange; two sisters, Mrs. Charles Reid, 
and Mrs. William Henry Howell, of Holland; two brothers, John Eley, of 
Holland, and Henry Eley, of Whaleyville, and eight grandchildren. 

  The body was taken to the funeral Home of Roberts & Johnson in Smithfield. 
Funeral services were held at Central Hill Baptist Church Sunday afternoon. 
Burial was in the church cemetery. 

  W.D. Joyner, Frank Pulley, M.M. Pulley, R.D. Joyner, Wilbur Carr and W.D. 
Nelms were active pall bearers, while the members of the Men's Bible Class 
acted as honorary pall bearers.


Judith Anne* (ELEY; Mrs. Joseph J.) HOLLAND, of Isle of Wight Co., 
Holland native?, d. 17 Nov 1939, Suffolk, age 63*, 
interred in Central Hill Baptist Church Cemetery*, 19 Nov 1939, 
"The Weekly News" (Windsor, VA), Wed., Nov. 22, 1939, p. 1; 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 20, No. 23, Nov. 23, 1939, p. 1, col. 6 

*The cemetery list gives "Judith Ann."  She died on her sixty-third birthday. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #56: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 


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