Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holland, Solomon W., 1952 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ SOLOMON W. HOLLAND Solomon W. Holland, 87, last of the original settlers of the town of Holland, died at 1 o’clock Sunday afternoon, February 24, in Raiford Memorial Hospital. His death resulted from injuries incurred in a fall in his home on Thursday, February 7. Mr. Holland was the son of the late Henry and Mrs. Nancy Howett Holland of Nansemond county, and was the oldest deacon of the Holland Baptist Church. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. J. H. Demareet of the Panama Canal Zone and Mrs. Clyde Lankford of Myrtle; two sons, Clinton H. Holland of Suffolk and Jack G. Holland of Franklin; six grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and three step-great-grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. Lillie Eure of Roduco, N.C., Mrs. Kate Gardner of Holland, Mrs. Emma Byrd of Liberty Spring, Nansemond County, Mrs. Maggie Duck of South Quay, and Mrs. Mattie Lee of Franklin; and one brother, R.E.L. Holland of South Quay. Funeral services for Mr. Holland were conducted at 2:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon in the Holland Baptist Church by Rev. L.L. McGee, assisted by Rev. Ira D. Hudgins, pastor of the Franklin Baptist Church. Burial was in the Holland Cemetery, the following acting at pallbearers: W.M. Aston, Jr., Ernest Byrd, Harvey Councill, R.W. Duke, Wallace Harrison, W.L. Hedgepeth, Cortez Tomlin and Gordon Twine. Solomon W. HOLLAND, of Holland, d. 24 Feb 1952, Franklin, age 87, interred in Holland Cemetery, 26 Feb 1952, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 29, 1952 *Both gravestones give Soloman. Holland list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/holland.txt His wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 6, 1946) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h453s2ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by William J. DelMonte (JazzyBill@aol.com) and Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h453s1ob.txt