Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holland, John A., 1951 

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JOHN ALLEN HOLLAND

   John Allen "Addie" Holland, 69, residing at Walters, died Saturday afternoon, 
March 10, at Raiford Memorial Hospital after an illness of a few weeks.

   He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Allen Keaton Fowler Holland of Isle 
of Wight County, and the husband of Mrs. Bessie Duke Holland of Walters. A 
member of the Colosse Baptist Church, he was an employee of the State Highway 
Department.

   Surviving him besides his wife are three daughters, Mrs. Ellinor Carr of 
Norfolk, and Mrs. J.W. Stephens and Mrs. Melvin Spivey of Walters; two sons, 
Raby Holland of Carrsville and Clifford Holland of Holland; eight grandchildren; 
a sister Mrs. Fenton Bryant of the Black Creek community; and several nieces and 
nephews.

   Last rites were held at the Colosse Baptist Church on Monday afternoon at 
2:30 o’clock, with Rev. Jack Boyles, Harry L. foster and Ellis Clarke 
officiating.

   Burial was in the church cemetery, the active pallbearers being Jasper Carr, 
Leon Carr, Lloyd Duck, Edward Griffin, Wilson Holland, Dr. J.W. Lambdin, Alton 
Spivey and Tom Stephens.


[John Allen "Addie" HOLLAND, of Walters, d. 10 Mar 1951, Franklin, age 69, 
 interred in Colosse Baptist Church Cemetery, Collosse, 12 Mar 1951, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 16, 1951] 

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