Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holland, William J.M. Sr., 1942 

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WILLIAM JOSEPH MOORE HOLLAND

W.J.M. HOLLAND DIES SUNDAY, CLOSING A LONG, USEFUL LIFE

   Attesting at his death the many, many friends he numbered through life, 
funeral services were held here Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 for William J.M. 
Holland, Sr., who died at his home in North High Street Sunday afternoon 
after an illness of many months.  Mr. Holland, who had been a funeral director 
here for more than half a century, had an unusual gift for making friends, and 
in the countless homes of sorrow to which he had been called by the duties of 
his profession he manifested a very real and active sympathy to everyone in 
distress, which had endeared him to all with whom he came in contact on 
similar occasions.  In point of attendance, Mr. Holland’s funeral was one of 
the largest ever held here, while the feelings of those who came were also 
shown in the profusion of floral tributes brought or sent.

   Mr. Holland, who would have been 75 years of age in December of this year, 
was born in the South Quay community of Nansemond County, the son of the late 
Joseph G. and Mrs. Martha Howell Holland.  Moving to Franklin in the early 
nineties, he established the funeral directing business here, in later years 
associated with his sons, and establishing a branch house in Murfreesboro 
four years ago.

   He was a consistent member of the Franklin Christian Church and of the 
Virginia Funeral Director Association, and was affiliated with the Woodmen of 
the World fraternal order.  He married Miss Essie Gertrude Pretlow of this 
county who survives him, together with three sons, Stanley T. Holland and 
W.J.M. Holland, Jr. of this town and Joel Cook Holland of Murfreesboro; one 
daughter, Mrs. Roy T. Matthews of Franklin, and six grandchildren, Mrs. W.J. 
Coward, Jr., Nancy Yorke Holland, S.T. Holland Jr., W.J.M. Holland 3rd, Samuel 
Holland and Roy T. Matthews, Jr.

   Funeral services were conducted from the residence Tuesday afternoon by his 
pastor, Dr. Elwood W. Jones, assisted by the other ministers of the town, Rev. 
R.D. Stephenson, Rev. B.B. Bland, Rev. John A. Gray and Rev. J.S. Maxey.

   Active pallbearers were: Harry Steinhardt, John O. Haslett, E.K. Brinkley, 
Frank R. Day, Cecil Vaughan, 3rd, W.H. Norfleet, Dr. Ashby Cutchins, J.A. 
Williams, and J. Fenton Matthews, all of Franklin, and Harold Eaton of 
Burlington, N.C.  Visiting funeral directors from various places and a number 
of friends of the family acted as honorary bearers.  Burial was made in Poplar 
Spring Cemetery.


William Joseph Moore HOLLAND, Sr., funeral director, 
b. South Quay, Nansemond Co., d. 18 Oct 1942, at home, Franklin, age 74, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 164*), Franklin, 
   20 Oct 1942, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 23, 1942, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 29, 1966, p. 11), 
   with their marriage record appended, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h453e7ob.txt 

Note that his father Joseph Godwin HOLLAND (1832-1912), son of Jesse & 
   Priscilla (DAUGHTREY), is not identical with the man of the same name 
   (1832-1909) buried near Sunbeam (MV-IX-21), nor the one (1871-1937) 
   buried in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. 


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