Nansemond-Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holland, Mary E. Duke, 1929 

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Mrs. Holland Dies At Home of Her Daughter 

  Mrs. Mary E. Holland, wife of the late G.W. Holland, died at the home of 
her daughter, Mrs. R.D. Johnson, near Holland, Va., Sunday afternoon at one 
o'clock, aged 77 years.  She is survived by seven children, Mrs. John G. 
Johnson, Mrs. W.J. Turner, Mrs. R.D. Johnson, Mrs. R.W. Luter, Mrs. L.F. 
Carter, all of Holland, C.E. and L.H. Holland, also of Holland.  Several 
grandchildren and great grandchildren.  One sister, Mrs. J.D. Langford [sic; 
Lankford], of Franklin; two brothers, L.C. Duke, of Suffolk, and Joe Duke, 
of Carrsville. 

  The funeral services will be held at the residence near Holland, Tuesday 
afternoon at 3 o'clock conducted by Rev. N.G. Newman, assisted by Rev. W.C. 
Hook.  Interment will be in the family cemetery. 


Mary Elizabeth (DUKE; Mrs. George Washington) HOLLAND, 
b. 21 Nov 1852*, Isle of Wight Co., d. 21 Jul 1929, Suffolk, 
interred in the HOLLAND family cemetery*, O'Kelly Dr., 23 Jul 1929, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 7, No. 120, Mon., July 22, 1929, p. 8, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #239157570, 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum 

*Additional information: 

Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (NV-II-12), an extension 
   of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol2.txt 

Photos of her gravestone - added by Martha Fontaine Byrum & Cathy Vick - 
   are also posted with Find a Grave Memorial #239157570. 

Find a Grave calls it the George W. Holland Cemetery. (Cemetery ID #2751631) 

D.Cert. 18225 (Holy Neck #21) gives b. 21 Nov 1851, Southampton Co. 

Her father Henry Harrison DUKE (1827-1908) was a Confederate veteran, having 
   served as a private in Co. F, 61st VA Infantry.  He is marked in Beaver Dam 
   Baptist Church, near Carrsville. 
   Beaver Dam list (BD-32), another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #42: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 


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