Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holland, Annie L. Cobb, 1958 

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ANNIE LEE COBB HOLLAND 

Rites Set Tomorrow For Mrs. A. Holland 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Lee Cobb Holland will be conducted tomorrow 
at 3 p.m. at the Baker Funeral Home by Dr. George D. Alley, pastor of the 
Suffolk Christian Church.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

  Mrs. Holland, 92, died yesterday at 12:30 p. m. at her home, 512 West 
Washington Street, after a long illness. 

  She was the widow of Abram Thomas Holland and daughter of Henry Vaughan Cobb 
and Carolyn [sic; Caroline*] Frances Harris Cobb. 

  She was a member of the Suffolk Christian Church, the Woman's Fellowship, 
the West Memorial Bible Class of the church and a charter member of the 
Christian Missionary Association. 

  She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Mamie Holland Leathers, Mrs. Goldie 
Holland Britt, Mrs. Jesse D. McClenny, all of Suffolk, and Mrs. Benjamin Guy 
Porter of Virginia Beach; three grandchildren, Thomas H. Britt, Miss Anne 
McClenny, both of Suffolk, and Mrs. Robert B. Sullivan of Roanoke; three 
great-grandsons, Thomas H. Britt Jr., David H. Britt and Robert Bruce 
Sullivan, Jr., and several nieces and nephews. 

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MRS. ANNIE HOLLAND FUNERAL HELD TUESDAY 

   Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Lee Cobb Holland, who died Sunday, were 
conducted yesterday afternoon at the Baker Funeral Home by the Rev. George D. 
Alley, pastor of the Suffolk Christian Church.  Burial was in Cedar Hill 
Cemetery. 

   The casket was covered with a pall of white orchids, white roses, white 
stock and Easter lilies. 

   Pallbearers were Oma H. Parker, A. Mack Hundley, Walter R. Hundley, James 
L. Bennett, Raymond C. Rawles, Heber Rawles, Roger I. Beale, J.J. Holland, 
John B. Pinner, Raymond P. Boyer, G.A. Nimmo and Carlton Cutchins. 

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MRS. ANNIE C. HOLLAND 

   Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Lee Cobb Holland, 92, who died at her home 
in Suffolk on Sunday, March 9, at 12:30 p.m. after a long illness, were 
conducted at the Baker Funeral Home on Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock by Dr. 
George D. Alley, pastor of the Suffolk Christian Church.  Burial was in Cedar 
Hill Cemetery. 

   The widow of Abram Thomas Holland, she was the daughter of Henry Vaughan 
Cobb and Mrs. Carolyn [sic; Caroline] Frances Harris Cobb of Southampton 
County.  She was born at the Cobb home place about a mile north of Franklin, 
on what is now Route 636.  She was a sister of the late Dr. Richard H. Cobb 
of Franklin, and aunt of Mrs. Roger I. Beale, Mrs. W.A. Moyler and Mrs. R.J. 
Howell, all of Franklin. 

   Mrs. Holland was a member of the Suffolk Christian Church, Woman's 
Fellowship of the church, the West Memorial Bible class, and a charter member 
of the Christian Missionary Association. 

   She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Mamie Holland Leathers, Mrs. Goldie 
Holland Britt and Mrs. Jesse D. McClenny, all of Suffolk, and Mrs. Benjamin 
Guy Porter of Virginia Beach; three grandchildren, Thomas H. Britt and Miss 
Anne McClenny, both of Suffolk, and Mrs. Robert B. Sullivan of Roanoke; three 
great-grandchildren, Thomas H. Britt, Jr., David H. Britt and Robert Bruce 
Sullivan, Jr.; and several nephews and nieces. 


Annie Lee (COBB; Mrs. Abram T.) HOLLAND, 
b. 11 Oct 1865, Southampton Co., d. 9 Mar 1958, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block I, Lot 77*), Suffolk, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 36, No. 58, Mon., Mar. 10, 1958, p. 1, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #135595028, 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 36, No. 60, Wed., Mar. 12, 1958, p. 3; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 53, No. 22, Thurs., Mar. 13, 1958, 
   Sect. I, p. 4 

*Additional information: 

Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_g.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is also posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #135595028. 

D.Cert. 7259 (Suffolk #22) also gives her mother as Carolyn. 

Her husband's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & donated, Feb. 1939) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h453a1ob.txt 

Her parents are buried in a COBB family cemetery, adjacent to 
   Sycamore Baptist Church. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 5 (V-2): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol5.txt 


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