Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Carter, Hilah I. Holland, 1936 

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Mrs. Hilah I. Carter Succumbs Early Today 

  Mrs. Hilah Irene Carter, wife of L.F. Carter, died at her home, 205 York 
Street, this morning at 4:27 o'clock after an illness of several weeks. 

  Besides her husband she is survived by four children, Juanita, Marion, 
Lermon, Jr., and Marvin Carter, all of Suffolk; three sisters, Mrs. John O. 
Holland, Mrs. R.D. Johnson, of Holland, Mrs. R.W. Luter, of Suffolk R.F.D.; 
two brothers, C.E. Holland and L.H. Holland, both of Holland. 

  Funeral services will be held at the grave in the family cemetery near 
Holland Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. Carl Keyes, 
and Dr. N.G. Newman. 

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MORTUARY 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Hilah Irene Carter were held Tuesday afternoon at 
3 o'clock at the grave in the family cemetery near Holland, Va., conducted by 
the Rev. Carl Keyes, Dr. N.G. Newman, and Dr. John G. Truitt. 

  A quartet composed of Mrs. S.L. Wright, Mrs. Vernon Holland, W.W. Ballard 
and Rev. Carl Keyes, accompanied by Mrs. Carl Keyes, rendered the hymns "Jesus 
Lover of My Soul", and "Sometime We'll Understand." 

  There were many beautiful floral tributes, among them a pall of white and 
pink carnations covering the casket. 

  Active pallbearers were Johnnie Howell, Jodie Howell, Amos Carter, Charlie 
Holland, William Holland, Willie L. Turner, Bernard Johnson, Emmett Luter. 
Friends of the family were honorary pallbearers. 


Hilah Irene (HOLLAND; Mrs. Lermon Floyd) CARTER, 
b. 25 Feb 1897, Isle of Wight Co., d. 4 May 1936, Suffolk, 
interred in the HOLLAND family cemetery*, O'Kelly Dr., 5 May 1936, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 14, No. 37, Mon., May 4, 1936, p. 6; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 14, No. 39, Wed., May 6, 1936, p. 5, 
   clippings of both posted with Find a Grave Memorial #239186826, 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum 

*Additional information: 

Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (NV-II-12), an extension 
   of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol2.txt 

A photo of her Hill Funeral Home marker - added by Martha Fontaine Byrum - 
   is also posted with Find a Grave Memorial #239186826. 

Her parents, George Washington & Mary Elizabeth (DUKE) HOLLAND, are also 
   buried there.  Find a Grave calls it the George W. Holland Cemetery. 
   (Cemetery ID #2751631) 

D.Cert. 12748 (Suffolk #159) also gives b. Nansemond Co. 

Her mother's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," July 22, 1929, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h453m17o.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," July 7, 1955, p. 9) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/c636l5ob.txt 


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