Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, M. Frances Holland, 1959 

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Rites Today For Mrs. Johnson, 71 

  [Mrs. Martha Holland Johnson,] 71, of Holland died unexpectedly Friday at 
9:15 p.m. at the Portsmouth General Hospital. 

  Funeral services will be conducted today at 2 p.m. at the Baker Funeral Home 
by Bishop Leroy Waite of the Mormon Church.  Burial will be in the family 
cemetery near Holland. 

  She was the widow of Richard (Tommie) Johnson of Holland and daughter of the 
late George Washington Holland and Mary Duke Holland of Nansemond County. 

  She is survived by a son, Bernard Howard Johnson of Holland; a daughter, 
Mrs. William R. Oliver of Portsmouth; 10 grandchildren and one great-
grandchild. 

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Rites Held Sunday For Mrs. Johnson 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Holland Johnson, who died Friday, were 
conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Baker Funeral Home by Bishop Leroy Waite 
and Elder Walter H. Hicks of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. 
Burial was in the family cemetery near Holland. 

  J.P. Jernigan sang, "Does Jesus Care" and "Under His Wing," accompanied at 
the organ by Mrs. W.F. Whitley, organist. 

  The casket was covered with a pall of white carnations, red roses, and 
Easter lilies. 

  Pallbearers were William H. Holland, Preston G. Holland, George Holland, 
E. Waldren, Robert Holland, Willie Weaver and Clarence Holland. 


Martha Frances (HOLLAND; Mrs. Richard Dallas "Tommie") JOHNSON, 
b. 15 Oct 1887, Nansemond Co., d. 12 Jun 1959, Portsmouth, 
interred in a HOLLAND family cemetery*, O'Kelly Dr., 14 Jun 1959, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 140, Sun., June 14, 1959, p. 11; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 141, Mon., June 15, 1959, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (NV-II-12), an extension 
   of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol2.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Martha Fontaine Byrum - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #239444461. 

Her parents are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 14386 

Her husband's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Apr. 14, 1947, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/j525r14o.txt 


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