Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holland, Martha S. Pierce, 1937 

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MRS. HOLLAND DIES AFTER AN ILLNESS 

Funeral For Wife of Richard Holland Tomorrow Afternoon 

  Mrs. Martha Holland, 59, died at her home near Windsor, Va., last night at 
9:20 after an illness of several weeks. 

  She is survived by her husband, Richard Holland, and four daughters, Mrs. 
A.F. Morgan, of Suffolk, Miss Dorothy Holland, of Norfolk, Mrs. Irene Wilson 
and Merdie Seward Holland, both of Isle of Wight county, and two sons, Ed. 
Holland of Smithfield and J.R. Holland, of Isle of Wight county. 

  Others surviving are six grandchildren and three sisters, Mrs. Willie 
Edwards, of Nansemond county, Mrs. R.L. Bracey, and Mrs. N.T. Braswell, both 
of Windsor, Va., and several nieces and nephews. 

  Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Antioch 
Christian church, conducted by the Rev. H.E. Crutchfield, the Rev. N.F. Jacobs 
and Dr. I.W. Johnson.  Interment will be in the church cemetery.

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MORTUARY 

MRS. MARTHA HOLLAND 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Holland were held Sunday afternoon at 3 
o'clock at the Antioch Christian church conducted by the Rev. H.E. Crutchfield 
and the Rev. N.F. Jacobs. 

  Members of the church choir, accompanied by Mrs. Sadie Whitley, rendered the 
hymns "When They Ring Those Golden Bells," and "Sleep On Beloved, Sleep." 
Mrs. J.S. Morgan sang as a solo, "Face To Face." 

  The casket was covered with a pall of lilies and pink rosebuds.  There were 
many handsome floral offerings. 

  Active pallbearers were: J.W. Jenkins, S.T. Holland, G.R. Lawrence, James 
Whitley, R.C. Carr, A.L. Holland, Bruce Johnson, and Charlie Carr.  Friends of 
the family were honorary pallbearers.  Burial was in the church cemetery. 


"Mattie" Martha Sarah (PIERCE; Mrs. Meredith Richard) HOLLAND, 
b. 20 Oct 1877, Isle of Wight Co., d. 17 Sep 1937, at home, near Windsor, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 19 Sep 1937, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 15, No. 153, Sat., Sep. 18, 1937, p. 3; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 15, No. 154, Mon., Sep. 20, 1937, p. 5 

*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 her gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #92730091. 

Her parents were Robert Eley & Diana Amelia (ATKINSON) PIERCE. 

D.Cert. 19616 (Suffolk #235) gives her mother's maiden name as ATKINS. 

Her husband's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Smithfield Times," Dec. 1955) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/h453r12o.txt 


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