Suffolk City-Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holland, Iola Lewis, 1980 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Mrs. Iola L. Holland Mrs. Iola Lewis Holland, 87, of Chuckatuck Station, died Wednesday. She was a native of Isle of Wight County and the widow of Junius Walter Holland. She was a member of Oakland Christian Church and the Newman Bible Class. Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. Leonard Scott and Mrs. Blanche West of Smithfield, Mrs. Junie Forrest of Portsmouth, Mrs. Garnell Chapman of Crittenden Station, Mrs. Iola Saunders of Chuckatuck Station; a son, N.W. (Jack) Holland of Portsmouth; 11 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. A funeral will be held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in Oakland Christian Church, Chuckatuck, by the Rev. William M. Everhart. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will be at the home of Mrs. Iola Saunders, Chuckatuck Station. Colonial Funeral Home Smithfield. has charge. ****************************************************************************** Iola L. Holland Mrs. Iola Lewis Holland, 87, of Chuckatuck Station, Suffolk died Wednesday, May 28. Mrs. Holland was a native of Isle of Wight County and the widow of Junius Walter Holland. She was a member of the Oakland Christian Church, Chuckatuck, and a member of the Newman Bible Class. Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Leonard (Mary) Scott, Mrs. Blanche West, both of Smithfield; Mrs. Junie Forrest of Portsmouth; Mrs. Garnell Chapman of Crittenden; and Mrs. Iola Saunders of Chuckatuck; one son, N.W. Jack Holland of Portsmouth, also 11 grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren, and four great great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Saturday, May 31, at 2:30 p.m. at the Oakland Christian Church with the Rev. William M. Everhart officiating. Interment was in the Church Cemetery. Pallbearers were Harvey Saunders Sr., Authur Joyner, Shelton Dailey, Jimmy West, Kevin Drummond, P.D. Howell, B.R. Martin, and Jack Knight. Colonial Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Iola (LEWIS; Mrs. Junius W.) HOLLAND, of Chuckatuck, b. 9 Oct 1892*, Isle of Wight Co., d. 28 May 1980, Norfolk, interred in Newman Memorial Cemetery*, Oakland Christian Church, Chuckatuck, 31 May 1980, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 58, No. 130, Fri., May 30, 1980, p. 2; "Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 61, No. 23, Wed., June 4, 1980, p. 19, clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #167091549, by Martha Fontaine Byrum *Additional information: Photos of her gravestone - added by SweetGoldfish - are also posted with Find a Grave Memorial #167091549; it shows b. 1894. D.Cert. 80-017175 Her parents, Nathaniel Thomas & Sarah Catherine R. (BRITT) LEWIS, are buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk. Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_j.txt Her father's obit ("Smithfield Times," Jan. 1, 1931, p. 1) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/l200n1ob.txt An abstract of his D.Cert. 28968 (Suffolk #399) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/vitals/deaths/l200n1dc.txt Her mother's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Jan. 18, 1941, p. 8) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/l200s1ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/suffolk/obits/h453i2ob.txt