Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holland, Ayler J. Sr., 1961 

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AYLER JOB HOLLAND

A.J. HOLLAND, SR. DIES IN NORFOLK

   HOLLAND - Ayler Job Holland, Sr., 64, former mayor of Holland and merchant 
here 42 years, died in a Norfolk hospital after a three-day illness Wednesday 
at 12:30 p.m.

   He served several terms as mayor.  In 1919 he opened a general merchandise 
store, which later specialized in clothing.

   He was a member of Holland Christian Church and Holland Ruritan National 
founded here in 1928.

   A lifelong resident here, he was the son of Dr. Job G. Holland and Mrs. 
Mamie [sic; Nannie*] Jones Holland.

   Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Betty Williams Tayloe Holland; a son, Ayler 
J. Holland, Jr., of Virginia Beach; and three grand-children, Cynthia Holland, 
Nancy Holland and Langley Taylor Holland of Virginia Beach.

   A funeral service was conducted in Holland Christian Church Friday at 4 
p.m. by the Rev. C. Carl Dollar, pastor, with burial in Holland Cemetery.


Ayler Job HOLLAND, Sr., merchant, former mayor of Holland, 
lifelong resident of Holland, d. 16 Aug 1961, Norfolk, age 64, 
interred in Holland Cemetery*, 18 Aug 1961, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 21, 1961, p. 4 

*His parents are also buried there. 
   Holland list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/holland.txt 


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