Nansemond County-Suffolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holladay, Joseph E.B., 1945 

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JOSEPH EDWARD BRIDGER HOLLADAY

FORMER MAYOR TO BE BURIED AT SUFFOLK

   SUFFOLK - April 12 - (AP) - the funeral of Joseph Edward Bridger Holladay, 
65, former Suffolk Mayor, who died early today, will be held at 10:45 A.M. 
Saturday at I.O. Hill Funeral Home here, and services will be held at 11 A.M. at 
the grave in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

   The Rev. Louis Haskell, of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, will officiate, with 
Masonic rites also being planned at the grave.

   Mr. Holladay, a native of Suffolk, was the son of the late A. Frank Holladay 
and Judith Beverly Copeland Holladay. He was educated at Hampden-Sydney College 
and studied law at Washington and Lee University and University of Virginia.

   Beginning the practice of law here in 1904, he became a member of the council 
and was elected the first Mayor after the city's incorporation.  Active in St. 
Paul's Episcopal Church, he also was prominent in Hiram Lodge No. 340, A.F. and 
A.M.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Margaret Breedon Holladay; one brother, 
Frank A. Holladay, and one sister, Mrs. R.H. Pretlow, all of Suffolk.


Joseph Edward Bridger HOLLADAY, former Suffolk mayor, 
Suffolk native, d. 12 Apr 1945, Suffolk, age 68, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block C, Lot 39*), Suffolk, 14 Apr 1945, 
"The Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Apr. 13, 1945 

*His parents are buried in the same lot. 
   Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_g.txt 

His mother's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," June 10, 1906, p. 13) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h430j1ob.txt 


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