Nansemond County-Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holland, Alphonsa S., 1952 

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ALPHONSA SAUNDERS HOLLAND 

       Alphonsa S. Holland 

  Suffolk, Oct. 13 - Alphonsa Saunders Holland, 63, died of a heart attack 
today at 1:45 p.m. at his home, 108 Oakdale Terrace.  He was the son of the 
late James Robert and Mary Anne Pearce [sic; Pierce] Holland of Nansemond 
County. 

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Virginia Berryman Holland, of Suffolk; two 
sisters, Mrs. V.W. Costen, of Suffolk, and Mrs. H.K. Swain, of Portsmouth; two 
brothers, M.L. Holland, of Nansemond County, J. Roland Holland, of Newport 
News; several nieces and nephews. 

  He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Suffolk, and of the Business 
Men's Bible Class of that church, the Elks Lodge No. 45, of Richmond, and of 
the Rosewood Camp No. 2, WOW, of Suffolk. 

  The body was taken to the I.O. Hill and Company Funeral Home, where it will 
remain until Thursday at 1:30 p.m., at which time it will be taken to the 
First Baptist Church for services at 2:30 conducted by the Rev. Julian S. 
Hopkins, pastor.  Burial will be in Olive Branch Cemetery, Portsmouth, with 
Elk rites at the graveside. 

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Rites Thursday For A. S. Holland 

  Funeral services for Alphonsa Saunders Holland 63, who died of a heart 
attach yesterday afternoon at 1:45 p.m. at his home at 106 Oakdale Terrace, 
will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the First Baptist Church 
with the Rev. Julian S. Hopkins, pastor, officiating.  Burial will be in the 
Olive Branch Cemetery, Portsmouth, with Elks rites at the graveside. 

  He was the son of the late James Robert and Mary Anne Pearce [sic; Pierce*] 
Holland, of Nansemond County. 

  Surviviving are his wife, Mrs. Virginia Berryman Holland, of Suffolk; two 
sisters, Mrs. V.W. Costen of Suffolk and Mrs. H.K. Swain, of Portsmouth; two 
brothers, M.L. Holland, of Nansemond County, and J. Roland Holland, of 
Newport News; a number of nieces and nephews. 

  He was a member of the First Baptist Church, of the Men's Bible Class of 
that church, the Elks Lodge No. 45, of Richmond, and of the Rosewood Camp No. 
2, Woodmen of the World, of Suffolk. 

  The body was taken to the I.O. Hill Funeral Home where it 1:30 o'clock, at 
which time it will be taken to the First Baptist Church to lie in state one 
hour before the funeral. 

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Woodmen of World To Serve at Funeral 

  Members of the Rosewood Camp No. 2, Woodmen of the World, are requested to 
participate at the funeral services of A.C. [sic; A.S.] Holland on Thursday 
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the First Baptist Church. 

  Interment will follow at the Olive Branch Cemetery in Portsmouth. 


Alphonsa Saunders HOLLAND, radio repairman, 
b. 15 Jul 1889, Nansemond Co., d. 13 Oct 1952, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Olive Branch Cemetery*, Portsmouth, 16 Oct 1952, 
"Norfolk Virginian-Pilot," Vol. 205, No. 14, Tues., Oct. 14, 1952, p. 10; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 244, Tues., Oct. 14, 1952, p. 1; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 244, Tues., Oct. 14, 1952, p. 5, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #23451144, 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum 

*Additional information: 

Portsmouth Pulic Library, Special Collections, Olive Branch list: 
   https://www.portsmouthpubliclibrary.org/DocumentCenter/View/155/F---H-PDF 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is also posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #23451144. 

D.Cert. 23371 (Suffolk #333) also gives his mother's maiden name as PEARCE. 

His mother (1852 - 1919) is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk. 
   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 father was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private in 
   Co. E (2nd), 6th VA Infantry.  He died before 1900. 


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