Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holland, William E., 1947 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Rites Held for William Holland Funeral services for William E. Holland, 68, who died in Cooper Hospital, Camden, N.J., after a short illness, will be held at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Hill Funeral Home. Dr. John G. Truitt, pastor of the Christian Church, will officiate. Mr. Holland is survived by one sister, Mrs. E.B. Shackleford [sic; Shackelford], of Suffolk; one half-sister, Mrs. Nellie Bowles, of Portsmouth, and several nieces and nephews of Portsmouth and Suffolk. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. William Edward HOLLAND, retired pipe-fitter, b. 28 Jan 1879, Nansemond Co., d. 28 Jun 1947, Camden, NJ, interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block G, Lot 79*), Suffolk, 1 Jul 1947, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 24, No. 86, Mon., June 30, 1947, p. 3 *Additional information: Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_g.txt A photo of his gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #193056088. His wife's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Sep. 15, 1934, p. 5) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h453j24o.txt His parents, Jacob Edward HOLLAND, son of Eley & Elmira HOLLAND, and Frances Susan HOLLAND, daughter of Lemuel & Nancy Edward HOLLAND, m. 17 Jan 1877 in Nansemond Co. (M.Reg. #8) His mother d. Oct 1887 of unknown cause, age 38. (D.Reg. #25) His father 2m. ca. 1888 Ella C. HOLLAND (1870 - 1935), daughter of Solomon C. & Mary Va. HOLLAND. Widowed, Ella 2m. George Thomas "Tom" HOWELL 14 Dec 1905 (Nan.Co. #222) Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h453w14o.txt