Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holland, Pauline Ferguson, 1972 

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MRS. PAULINE F. HOLLAND 

  HOLLAND -- Mrs. Pauline Ferguson Holland, 68, of RFD 2, Holland, died at 
9:15 p.m. Friday, in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Oscar J. Smith, 4908 
Farrington Drive, Va. Beach. 

  A native of Southampton County, she was a member of the Holland Christian 
Church.  The widow of Gus R. Holland Sr., and a daughter of the late Richard 
and Mrs. Alice Kitchen Ferguson, Mrs. Holland is survived by three sons: 
Letcher Lee Holland, Floyd N. Holland, and Gus R. Holland Jr., all of Holland, 
Va. 

  In addition, to her daughter and three sons, she is also survived by five 
step-daughters: Mrs. Bessie Smith, of Suffolk; Mrs. Thomas Harcum, of Norfolk; 
Mrs. Kermit Saunders and Mrs. William Duck, of Franklin; Mrs. Oliver Brownlee, 
of Washington State; and two step-sons: Ellis Holland, of Virginia Beach; and 
Robert Parker Holland, of Roanoke. 

  In addition to these, she is survived by six sisters: Mrs. Kelley Holland, 
of Suffolk; Mrs. L.K. Moore, and Mrs. Floyd Ferguson, of Portsmouth; Mrs. 
Geneva Thorpe, of Newsoms, Va.; Mrs. James Fuller, of Courtland; and Miss 
Ethel Mae Ferguson, of Petersburg.  Moreover, she is survived by two brothers: 
Tizel Ferguson, of Courtland; and Hugh Ferguson, of Emporia.  There are 21 
grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. 

  A funeral service will be conducted Monday, at 2 p.m., in the I.O. Hill & 
Co. Funeral Home, by the Rev. Dr. R.E. Brittle, pastor of the Hunterdale 
Christian Church, with burial in the Holland Cemetery, Holland, Va. 

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PAULINE FERGUSON HOLLAND 

   HOLLAND - A funeral service for Mrs. Pauline Ferguson Holland was held 
Monday in I.O. Hill & Co. Funeral Home, Suffolk by Dr. R.E. Brittle. 

   Burial was in Holland Cemetery. 

   Pallbearers were James A. Harcum, George Ellis Harcum, Jesse Lee Harcum, 
Herman E. Harcum, C. Gilbert Holland, John Robert Ellis, I. Owen Ellis and 
George T. Smith. 

   Mrs. Holland, 68, died Friday in the home of her daughter Mrs. Oscar J. 
Smith at 4908 Farrington Drive, Virginia Beach. 

   A native of Southampton County, she was a daughter of Richard and Mrs. 
Alice Kitchen Ferguson and the widow of Gus R. Holland, Sr. 

   She was a member of Holland Christian Church. 

   Besides Mrs. Smith, she is survived by three sons, Letcher Lee Holland, 
Floyd N. Holland;; five stepdaughters, Mrs. Bessie Smith of Suffolk, Mrs. 
Thomas Harcum of Norfolk, Mrs. Kermit Saunders and Mrs. William Duck of 
Franklin, and Mrs. Oliver Browntee of Vancouver, Wash.; two stepsons, Ellis 
Holland of Virginia Beach and Robert Parker Ellis of Roanoke; six sisters, 
Mrs. Kelley Holland of Suffolk, Mrs. L.K. Moore and Mrs. Floyd Ferguson of 
Portsmouth, Mrs. Geneva Thorpe of Newsoms, Mrs. James Fuller of Courtland, 
and Miss Ethel Mae Ferguson of Petersburg; two brothers, Tizel Ferguson of 
Courtland and Hugh Ferguson of Emporia; 21 grandchildren; and 10 great 
grandchildren.


Pauline (FERGUSON; Mrs. "Gus" Augustus Royston) HOLLAND, 
b. 3 Aug 1903, Southampton Co., d. 25 Feb 1972, at home, Virginia Beach, 
interred in Holland Cemetery*, 29 Feb 1972, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 50, No. 49, Sun., Feb. 27, 1972, p. 9; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Thurs., Mar. 2, 1972, A-6 

*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 her gravestone - added by Budjr - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #49142269. 

D.Cert. 72-005609

Her husband's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Apr. 16, 1964, p. 2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h453g5ob.txt 

Her parents & maternal grandparents, James Robert & Rebecca Elizabeth (STORY 
   VICK) KITCHEN, are buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Newsoms. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Hollywood List (N-34 & 43): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," June 27, 1947, p. 4) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/f622r4ob.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 8, 1947, p. 9) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/f622a1ob.txt 

Her paternal grandparents, Henry Davidson & Ann Eliza (VICK) FERGUSON, 
   are buried in a FERGUSON family cemetery, on Rochelle Swamp Rd. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous  Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (MV-II-50): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol2.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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