Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rountree, A. Ann Holland, 1959 

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Mrs. Rountree Succumbs at 26 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Alma Ann Holland Rountree will be conducted Sunday 
at 3 p.m. at Bethlehem Christian Church by the Rev. R.E. Brittle, pastor. 
Burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery.  The body was taken to the Hill Funeral 
Home. 

  Mrs. Rountree, 26, died Thursday at 5:15 p.m in a Norfolk hospital after an 
illness of nine days.  She lived on the Holland Road. 

  She was the daughter of Vernon and Mrs. Ella Butler Holland of Windsor.  She 
was a member of Bethlehem Christian Church and the Mary Sue Brittle Sunday 
School class of the church. 

  Besides her parents, surviving are her husband, Raymond Earl Rountree of the 
home; seven sisters, Mrs. E.O. O'Berry of Newsoms; Mrs. D.S. Edwards of Surry; 
Mrs. W.H. Byrum of Suffolk; Mrs. Norbert Brown of Lafayette, Ind.; Miss Jean 
Holland, Miss Janie Holland and Miss Betty Holland, all of Windsor; six 
brothers, Awood Holland of Suffolk; Joseph Holland, Charlie Holland, Russell 
Holland and Willard Holland, all of Windsor, and Ray Holland of Dendron. 

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Funeral Today For Mrs. Alma Rountree 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Alma Ann Holland Rountree will be conducted today 
at 3 p.m. at Bethlehem Christian Church by the Rev. R.E. Brittle, pastor. 
Burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery.

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Rites Held Sunday For Mrs. Rountree 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Alma Ann Holland Rountree, who died Thursday, were 
conducted Sunday at the Bethlehem Christian Church by Dr. R.E. Brittle, 
pastor.  Burial was in Holly Lawn Cemetery. 

  Mr. Brittle read two poems, "Crossing the Bar" and "To Parents." 

  A quartet composed of Mrs. Dudley Joyner, Mrs. T.A. Poole, Mills Luter and 
Cecil Smith sang two hymns, "Sometime We Will Understand" and "Does Jesus 
Care?"  They were accompanied at the organ by Mrs. I.W. Johnson. 

  The casket was covered with a pall of red roses, white carnations and baby's 
breath. 

  Pallbearers were R.C. Brinkley, M.C. Bunch, James Lewis, James Boyette, Jr., 
Charles B. Umphlett, R. Simon Boone, Stanley Doak and James Parker.  The Mary 
C. Brittle Bible Class and friends were honorary pallbearers. 


Alma Ann (HOLLAND; Mrs. Raymond Earl "Red") ROUNTREE, 
b. 10 Oct 1933*, Windsor, Isle of Wight Co., d. 12 Mar 1959, Norfolk, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 14 Mar 1959, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 62, Sun., Mar. 15, 1959, p. 9; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 63, Mon., Mar. 16, 1959, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of her gravestone - added by Ken Campbell - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #134697648. 

D.Cert. 5976 (Norfolk #560) gives b. 10 Oct 1932. 

Her parents, Vernon Awood Sr. & Ella Maude (BUTLER) HOLLAND, 
   are buried in Windsor Cemetery. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #26: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Her husband (1931 - 2021) remarried in 1964.  His photo - added by 
   Robin Rountree-Key - & R.W. Baker Funeral Home obit are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #233961084. 


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