Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holland, William H., 1922 

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WILLIAM HENRY HOLLAND 

DROPS DEAD WHILE GOING TO NORFOLK 

William H. Holland, Widely Known Citizen, Was About to Crank Car 

  Suffolk, Dec. 26. - The entire community was shocked this morning when the 
news was received in Suffolk that William H. Holland, for the past quarter of 
a century and more, superintendent of the Nansemond County almshouse, and one 
of the best known men of the county, had died suddenly while on his way to 
Norfolk, to take dinner with one of his daughters in that city. 

  Mr. Holland, with his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Stafford Fooshe 
[sic; Foushe], were driving in their car to Norfolk, about 3:30 o'clock.  When 
a mile out of Holland, the car stopped and Mr. Holland stooped to crank it. 
As he did this, he fell, and in a few minutes was dead.  He was taken by Mr. 
and Mrs. Fooshe back to his home, and other members of the family were 
summoned. 

  Mr. Holland had been in apparently fine health and spirits all during the 
holidays, and had visited his sons and daughters on Sunday.  Besides being 
superintendent of the county almshouse, he was a deacon in the Bethlehem 
Christian Church and was prominent in all county affairs. 

  He is survived by a widow, who was Miss Holland, of the county; two sons, 
Fred C. Holland, of Suffolk, and J. Dudley Holland, of Norfolk; two daughters, 
Mrs. O.D. Kink [sic; King], of Suffolk, and Mrs. Stafford Fooshe, of Norfolk; 
six grandchildren; three brothers, E.T. Holland, of Holy Neck, Va.; J.R. 
Holland and J.E. Holland, of Holland, Va.; four sisters, Mrs. W.J. Baines and 
Mrs. Walter Powell, of Suffolk, Miss Lillie Holland and Mrs. John Eley, of the 
county. 

  The funeral service will he held Thursday at the home in the county by Dr. 
W.W. Staley, Dr. I.W. Johnson, Rev. William Jay and Rev. H.H. Butler. 
Interment will be made in Bethlehem Cemetery.  Mr. Holland was 86 [sic; 65] 
years of age. 


William Henry HOLLAND, Superintendent of the Nansemond Co. Poor Farm, 
b. 21 Aug 1857, Nansemond Co., d. 26 Dec 1922, Nansemond Co., 
interred in Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery (Lot 114*), 18 Sep 1908, 
"Virginian-Pilot & Norfolk Landmark," Vol. 50, No. 87, Wed., Dec. 27, 1922, 
   p. 11 

*Additional information: 

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

Photos of his monument - added by Budjr & Thomas - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #138205523. 

His widow's obit ("Virginian-Pilot & Norfolk Landmark," Aug. 20, 1926, p. 13) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h453m3ob.txt 

His parents, John & Nancy (AUSTIN) HOLLAND, are buried in Holland Cemetery. 
   Holland list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/holland.txt 


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