Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holland, Honor Holland, 1907 

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MRS. HONOR HOLLAND 

  Mrs. Honor Holland died at the home of her son-in-law, P.C. Holland, near 
Holland, Va., Sept. 20, 1907, aged 88 years*.  Without sickness or disease 
and free from pain her life went out as the candle that burned to its end. 
She was the widow of (William) Bryant Holland, who preceded her by 41 years. 
She had been the mother of 10 children 6 of whom - John G., Pollie Holland, 
Jane Byrd, Alas Holland, Emiline Holland and Lizzie Byrd - still survive. 
Seventy-seven grandchildren and great grandchildren survive, making her 
total living descendants 83.  Mrs. Holland was a good woman of strong faith 
and happy disposition.  She had been a member of Holy Neck church for about 
52 years.  The funeral was conducted at the home by the writer and the 
remains buried in the graveyard at her old home nearby.  May her memory be 
blessed and sanctified to the good of all the dear ones she had left behind.
N.G. Newman 


Honor (HOLLAND; Mrs. Wm. Bryant) HOLLAND, 
d. 20 Sep 1907, at daughter's home, near Holland, age circa 88*, 
interred in a HOLLAND family cemetery*, Trumpet Dr., Suffolk, 
donated obit, publication unknown 

*located on the John G. Holland property. 
   Nansemond Co. Cemeteries, Vol. 3 - an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project. 

Find a Grave Mem. #6454444 gives b. 1820 

Maiden name from Ancestry.com Holland family tree, which gives daughter of 
   Amos & Elizabeth HOLLAND. 


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