Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holland, Maurice L., 1954 

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Morris L. Holland Dies Unexpectedly 

  Morris Linwood Holland, age 62, died unexpectedly at his home on the North 
Carolina Highway at 11:15 p.m., Tuesday night.  He was the son of the late 
James Robert and Mary Pierce Holland of Suffolk. 

  Mr. Holland is survived by his wife, Mrs. Etta Hobbs Holland of the county; 
two daughters, Miss Anna Mary Holland, and Mrs. B.E. Horton of Suffolk; one 
grandson, James Edward Horton; one brother, J.R. Holland of Newport News; and 
one sister, Mrs. V.W. Costen of Suffolk. 

  He was a member of the West End Baptist Church.  The remains were brought to 
the R.W. Baker Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements. 

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Rites Tomorrow For Maurice L. Holland 

  Funeral services for Maurice Linwood Holland, who died unexpectedly Tuesday 
at his home on the North Carolina Highway, will be conducted Friday at 3:30 
in the afternoon at the R.W. Baker and Co. Funeral Home by the Rev. Julian H. 
Pentecost and the Rev. R.E. Brittle.  Burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery. 


"Morris" Maurice Linwood HOLLAND, peanut factory millwright, 
b. 3 May 1892, Nansemond Co., d. 21 Sep 1954, Nansemond Co., 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 24 Sep 1954, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 32, No. 224, Wed., Sep. 22, 1954, p. 1, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #239692604, 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum [no grave photo]; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 32, No. 225, Thurs., Sep. 23, 1954, p. 9 

*Additional information: 

Holly Lawn list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

D.Cert. 20602 (Whaleyville #180) 

His widow (1915 - 1987) 2m. Floyd Jennings LEIGH, 8 May 1959 (Newport News 
   #229); they are also buried in Holly Lawn Cemetery. 

His mother, Mary Ann (PIERCE; Mrs. Jas. Robert) HOLLAND (1852 - 1919), 
   is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk - Block A, Lot 40. 
   Cedar Hill list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_g.txt 

His widow's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Dec. 14, 1983, p. 2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/suffolk/obits/h453e12o.txt 


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