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. 

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Rites Held Friday For John R. Holland 

  Funeral services for John Richard Holland, who died Wednesday, were 
conducted Friday at 4 p.m. at the Holland Christian Church by the Rev. 
J.H. Lightborne, Jr., pastor.  Burial was in the Holland Cemetery. 
Pallbearers were Shirley T. Holland, Ayler J. Holland, Waverly N. Holland, 
Preston Holland, Sumner Rawles, G.D. Underwood, L.P. Waldo, John Henry 
Powell, Vernon G. Eberwine and Harold Brown.  The pall was of white 
carnations, asters, glads and baby's breath. 


John Richard HOLLAND, former Supervisor & Mayor of Holland, 
   retired hotel owner, 
b. 25 Jul 1866, Nansemond Co., d. 13 Jul 1955, at home, Holland, 
interred in Holland Cemetery*, 15 Jul 1955, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Fri., July 15, 1955; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 33, No. 158, Sun., July 17, 1955, p. 9 

*Additional information: 

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 Memorial #92350313. 

His parents, John & Nancy (AUSTIN) HOLLAND, and in-laws, Hardy & Louisa 
   (JONES) HOLLAND, are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 16667 (Holy Neck #6) 


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