Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holland, Mills T., 1942 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ MILLS T. HOLLAND Funeral services for Mills T. Holland were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Antioch Christian Church by the Rev. T. Fred Wright. Burial was in the Church cemetery. Active pallbearers were N.T. Braswell, S.J. Braswell, Harvey Dickenson, Jesse Whitley, W.R. Johnson, W.H. Griffin, C.J. Rhodes and Frank Rose. Mills Thomas HOLLAND, retired farmer, b. Oct 1869*, Isle of Wight Co., d. Mar 1942, interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 11 Mar 1942, "Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 23, No. 50, Thurs., Mar. 12, 1942, p. 4 *Additional information: 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 A photo of his gravestone, which shows 1870 - 1942, is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #104819903. His parents, Samuel Hardy & Georgianna (PIERCE) HOLLAND, are also buried there. No D.Cert. found. Birthdate from - 1900 Census - Newport Dist., IoW.Co. - OFF #192. 1920 Census - Newport Dist., IoW.Co. - gives Orbit to Windsor Rd. He is buried with his 1st wife, Anna Belle (CARR) HOLLAND (1874-1937); they m. circa 1892. He 2m. Etta Mae (JOYNER) CARR (1876 - 1961), 8 Apr 1939 in Windsor. (IoW.Co. #25) She is buried with her first husband, Anna Belle's brother Solomon W. CARR. Etta's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Virginian-Pilot," Mar. 3, 1961) are posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/h453e5ob.txt His father was a Confederate veteran, having served as a sergeant in Co. E, 9th VA Inf., and was captured at Five Forks. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/h453m15o.txt