Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holland, Ralph R., 1964 

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Holland Rites Set Thursday 

  SMITHFIELD - Funeral services for Ralph Rufus Holland will be conducted 
Thursday at 3 p.m. in Bullock Funeral Home by the Rev. Paul Frost, pastor of 
the Church of Christ.  Burial will be in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, 
Isle of Wight. 

  Mr. Holland, 62, of Smithfield, died Monday in a Richmond hospital after a 
long illness. 

  A lifelong resident of Isle of Wight County, he was a foreman at Smithfield 
Packing Co. and a member of Antioch Christian Church. 

  He was a son of Thomas P. and Mrs. Hattie Johnson Holland*. 

  Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Bertie Johnson Holland; a daughter, Mrs. 
William L. Palmer of Suffolk; two sons, Rufus L. Holland of the Army in 
Germany and James R. Holland of Smithfield; two sisters, Mrs. John Robert 
Ellis and Mrs. Clarence H. Duck Sr. of Smithfield; and four grandchildren. 

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Funeral Service Thursday For R. R. Holland 

  A funeral service will be conducted today (Thursday) for Ralph Rufus 
Holland, 62, of Smithfield, who died Monday in a Richmond hospital after 
a long illness. 

  Services will be conducted in Bullock Funeral Home at 3 p.m. by the Rev. 
Paul Frost of Church of Christ.  Burial will be in Antioch Christian Church 
Cemetery, Isle of Wight County. 

  A lifelong resident of Isle of Wight County, Holland was a foreman at 
Smithfield Packing Co. and a member of Antioch Christian Church. 

  He was a son of Thomas P. and Mrs. Hattie Johnson Holland*. 

  Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Bertie Johnson Holland; a daughter, Mrs. 
William L. Palmer of Suffolk; two sons, Rufus L. Holland of the Army in 
Germany and James R. Holland of Smithfield; two sisters, Mrs. John Robert 
Ellis and Mrs. Clarence H. Duck, Sr., of Smithfield; and four grandchildren. 


Ralph Rufus HOLLAND, Smithfield Packing foreman, 
b. 5 Jun 1902, Isle of Wight Co., d. 27 Jul 1964, Richmond, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 30 Jul 1964, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 42, No. 170, Thurs., July 16, 1964, p. 3; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 42, No. 172, Sun., July 19, 1964, p. 3; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 45, No. 30, Thurs., July 23, 1964, p. 1 

*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 is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #92731531. 

D.Cert. 19313 (Richmond #2706) also gives son of Thomas P. and Hattie 
   (JOHNSON) HOLLAND. 

He was raised by his paternal uncle Thomas Patrick & wife Hattie Otelia 
   (JOHNSON) HOLLAND.  They are also buried at Antioch. 

His widow's obit ("Daily Press," June 18, 1989, p. 48) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/h453b4ob.txt 

His mother, "Mattie" Martha (HYATT; widow of Ernest R.) HOLLAND, 
   d. 11 Jun 1913, and was buried in Nansemond Co. 
   [D.Cert. 14881 (Cypress #301)] 

Thomas P. & Ernest R. HOLLAND were sons of Richard Goodman & Sophia Jane 
   (ODOM) HOLLAND, who m. 8 Nov 1866 in Nansemond Co.  Richard was a 
   Confederate veteran, having served as a private in Co. K, 41st VA Infantry. 
   He was shot in the left breast and bayonetted in the mouth, losing two 
   teeth, at the Battle of the Crater, 30 Jul 1864.  He farmed in Isle of 
   Wight Co., Gates Co., NC, & Nansemond Co.  He applied for a pension 25 
   May 1900, with the bullet still in his body, causing much pain & shortness 
   of breath. 

Thomas' obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," June 27, 1954, & "Smithfield Times," 
   July 1, 1954) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/h453t4ob.txt 

Hattie's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Smithfield Times," Mar. 1957) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/h453h11o.txt 


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