Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holland, Elisha T., 1932 

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SET FUNERAL OF HOLLAND BANKER FOR WEDNESDAY 

E. T. Holland, Bank President and County Supervisor, Died at Richmond Hospital 
   Yesterday From Cancer; Rites at Holy Neck Christian Church. 

  Funeral services for Elisha Thomas Holland, president of the Farmers Bank 
of Holland and prominent Nansemond county citizen, who died in a Richmond 
hospital yesterday afternoon, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 at the 
Holy Neck Christian church, Holland.  Burial will be made in the Holland 
cemetery. 

  Mr. Holland's death, while not a shock to those who knew that he had been 
suffering with a lingering illness for several months, was unexpected.  He had 
been at the Johnson-Willis hospital for treatment for cancer of the stomach 
for nearly a month.  His recovery was doubtful but members of the family had 
expected his strength to hold out for a few more weeks.  They were on their 
way to visit him at the hospital when he died.  Mr. Holland was 60 years of 
age. 

  Mr. Holland was one of the most active business and community leaders in 
Nansemond county, being an outstanding citizen of Holland.  He served on the 
Nansemond board of supervisors for 16 years, eight of which as chairman of 
the board.  He possessed a wide knowledge of county affairs and was an 
administrator of ability.  He was one of the organizers of the Farmers Bank 
of Holland in 1919, and since its establishment served as president of the 
institution. 

  Mr. Holland took an active interest in community affairs.  He was an officer 
and worker in the Holy Neck Christian church, a member of the Holland Ruritan 
Club and other civic and religious bodies. 

  Surviving Mr. Holland are his widow, Mrs. Annie H. Holland; two sons, 
Shirley T. Holland, cashier of the Farmers Bank at Windsor, and Howard 
Holland, of Holland; a daughter, Mrs. Aubrey Kelly, of Kinston, N.C.; a 
brother, J.R. Holland, of Holland; three sisters, Mrs. W.J. Baines and Mrs. 
Walter Powell, of Suffolk, and Miss Lillye Holland of Holland; four 
grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. 

[photo, headed:] 
Banker Dies 
[photo, captioned:] 
  E.T. Holland, prominent Nansemond citizen, who died at a Richmond hospital 
yesterday afternoon.  Mr. Holland was president of the Farmers Bank at Holland 
and a member of the Nansemond board of supervisors. 


Elisha Thomas HOLLAND, bank, Supervisor, 
b. 2 Mar 1872, Nansemond Co., d. 22 Aug 1932, Richmond, 
interred in Holland Cemetery*, 24 Aug 1932, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 10, No. 132, Tues., Aug. 23, 1932, pp. 1 & 6 

*Additional information: 

His parents, John & Nancy (AUSTIN) HOLLAND, and in-laws, 
   Hardy & Louisa (JONES) HOLLAND, 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 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Budjr - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Mem. #92278162. 

D.Cert. 17673 (Richmond #1646) gives Elisha F., son of J.R. 

His widow's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Tidewater News," Jan. 1961) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h453a5ob.txt 


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