Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holland, Wilson J., 1941 

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W. J. HOLLAND SUCCUMBS HERE; SICK ONE WEEK 

  Wilson James Holland, 69, son of the late Etheldred and Mary Holland, died 
at 11:30 o'clock this morning at a local hoslptal after an illness of one 
week. 

  He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Irene Jones Holland, two daughters, Mrs. 
G.D. Underwood and Miss Eloise Holland, both of Holland; one son, James 
Bernard Holland of Holland; two grandchildren, Betty Jean Underwood and G.D. 
Underwood, Jr., both of Holland; two brothers, H.H. Holland and R.S. Holland, 
both of Nansemond County. 

  Mr. Holland was an active member of the Holland Christian church and of the 
Men's Bible Class.  He was president of the Holland-Jones Company of Holland 
and treasurer of the Farmers Hardware and Furniture Company of Holland. 

  The body was brought to the funeral home of I.O. Hill and Company, where it 
will remain until 11 a.m. tomorrow, at which time it will be taken to his late 
residence in Holland. 

  Funeral arrangements will be announced later. 


Wilson James HOLLAND, merchant, 
b. 27 May 1871, Nansemond Co., d. 19 May 1941, Suffolk, 
interred in Holland Cemetery*, 21 May 1941, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 19, No. 117, Mon., May 19, 1941, pp. 1 & 8 

*Additional information: 

Holland list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/holland.txt 

His photo, from a newspaper clipping from the Maggie Eley Duke & Audrey Eloise 
   Duke Butler Collection - added by Martha Fontaine Byrum - and one of his 
   gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial 
   #92297736. 

D.Cert. 12071 (Suffolk #147) 

His parents, Etheldred & Mary E. (HOWELL) HOLLAND, are buried in a 
   HOLLAND family cemetery on Greenwood Rd. 
   Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (NV-II-51), 
   another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol2.txt 

His father's name often appears as Eldred.  He seems identical with the 
   Eldred HOLLAND who was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private 
   in Co. C, 13th VA Cavalry. 


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