Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holland, Mary E. Sumner, 1906 

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MARY ELIZA SUMNER HOLLAND

   Mrs. Mary Eliza Holland, widow of the late Dixon H. Holland, passed 
peacefully away on Saturday, May 26, 1906, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. 
J.T. Rawles, at Holland, Va., at the age of 81 years.  She was the daughter of 
Jethro and Nancy Sumner and born near Factory Hill, in Nansemond County.  She 
was the last of a large family of sisters and brothers to pass over the river, 
her brother, the late Charles E. Sumner, having preceded her several years 
ago.  At an early age she was married to Dixon H. Holland and to them were 
born ten children.  Six died in early life and four survive her.  They are 
Mrs. David McClenny, Myrtle Va.; Mr. Jethro S. Holland, Holland, Va.; Mrs. 
Julius T. Rawles, Holland, Va.; and Mrs. C. Council, Fenton, Va.  There are 
twenty four grandchildren living.

   In her early life she professed faith in Christ and joined Holy Neck 
Christian Church and was a consistent member for sixty years or more.  She 
was always looked upon as a Mother in Israel, and no one seemed to enjoy the 
revival season more than she, and as long as her health would permit she was 
always a regular attendant at her church.  She was a model of piety and 
devotion to her 
church and family.

   Since the death of her husband she spent the most of her time with her 
daughter, Mrs. J.T. Rawles.  Several months ago her health began to fail and 
all saw that it was only a question of a little time before she would be no 
more in the flesh.  She gradually grew weaker until the end came when she went 
to join the loved ones who had gone before and to be with her Lord and Master 
whom she loved and served so well.  During those months of suffering and 
lingering all was done that could be to relieve her, and if possible restore 
her to health again by her children, and especially by the one at whose home 
she was.

   The funeral was conducted by her pastor, Rev. C.H. Rowland, assisted by 
Rev. I.W. Johnson, from the Holland Christian Church on Sunday afternoon, and 
was attended by a large concourse of relatives and friends; who came to pay 
the last tribute of respect to the departed.  Six of her grandsons acted as 
pall-bearers, and the remains were then carried and laid beside those of her 
in the family cemetery at the old homestead to await the resurrection morn.

   The flowers sent by relatives and friends were beautiful.


Mary Eliza (SUMNER; Mrs. Dixon H.) HOLLAND, 
b. near Factory Hill, Nansemond Co., 
d. 26 May 1906, at daughter's home, Holland, age 81, 
interred in HOLLAND family cemetery*, near Holland, 27 May 1906, 
donated obit, publication unknown 

*Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries Vol. 1 (I-38), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol1.txt 

Her brother Charles is buried in the SUMNER family cemetery, on Longstreet Ln. 
   Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries Vol. 2 (II-40), 
   another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol2.txt 

Her husband was a Confederate veteran; a sketch of his service is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/military/civilwar/cw_vets.txt 


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