Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holland, John R., 1955 

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JOHN RICHARD HOLLAND

J.R. HOLLAND RITES FRIDAY; PARTY LEADER

   Suffolk, July 14 - Funeral services for John Richard Holland, 88, chairman 
of the Nansemond County Democratic Executive Committee for more than 50 years, 
will be held at 4 p.m. Friday in Holland Christian Church.  Burial will be in 
Holland Cemetery.

   Mr. Holland, father of Captain Rodney H. Holland, commander of State Police 
Division I headquarters near Richmond, died Wednesday at his home in Holland.

   He was a member of the Nansemond School Board for 22 years, the county 
Board of Supervisors for 11 years, and was chairman of the Federal Farm Loan 
Board.

   Mr. Holland also served as Mayor and Council member of Holland, and was the 
oldest member of the Holland Christian Church.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mamie Holland; five daughters, Mrs. H.L. 
Edwards, of Warwick; Mrs. J.N. Bowen and Mrs. J.T. Lee, both of Richmond; Mrs. 
M.L. Carey, of Jacksonville, N.Y., and Mrs. W.H. Joyner, of Arlington; four 
other sons, Horace B. Holland, of New York City; Raymond H. Holland, of 
Wilmington, N.C.; R.S. Holland, of Virginia Beach, and J.T. Holland, of 
Charlotte, N.C.; two sisters, Miss Lillie Holland, of Nansemond County, and Mrs. 
Walter Powell, of Suffolk; 21 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.


John Richard HOLLAND, former Supervisor & Mayor of Holland, 
d. 13 Jul 1955, at home, Holland, age 88, 
interred in Holland Cemetery*, 15 Jul 1955, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 15, 1955 

*His parents, John & Nancy (AUSTIN) 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 


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