Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holloman, George R., 1936 

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GEORGE RAY HOLLOMAN 

   George Ray Holloman, 42, prominent farmer and lifelong resident of Newsoms 
community died at his home Friday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock after an illness 
of two weeks.  He was a member of Newsoms Baptist Church and was a World War 
veteran, having served overseas.

   Mr. Holloman is survived by his wife, who before her marriage was Miss Ada 
Cook*; one daughter, Miss Olivia Holloman; three sisters, Mrs. James T. Story 
of Newsoms, Mrs. Stella Jamison of Redlands, California, and Mrs. Herbert 
Bryant of Suffolk; one brother, J.R. Holloman of the community, and several 
nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services were conducted at the home Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock 
by Rev. C.F. Moseley, assisted by Rev. R.D. Stephenson of the Franklin Baptist 
Church.  Burial was made in the Newsoms Cemetery.

   Active pallbearers were: R.W. Bradshaw, Ernest Coggdale, J.T. Story, Jr., 
J.C. Bunn, R.A. Bunn, L.F. Gray, Ray Vick and Sterling Bryant.  Honorary 
pallbearers were friends of the family.


George Ray HOLLOMAN, farmer, WW-I veteran, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 20 Nov 1936, at home, Newsoms, age 42, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery**, Newsoms, 21 Nov 1936, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 27, 1936, p. 5 

**His parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-40): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

*Their monument shows his widow's maiden name as COOKE 
   (Find a Grave Mem. #35903720 & #35903748), 
   but her parents' markers (N-18) show COOK 
   (Find a Grave Mem. #35902642 & #35902656). 


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