Suffolk City-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holland, Pocahontas Holland, 1978 

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Mrs. Pocahontas Holland 

  Mrs. Pocahontas Whitfield Holland, 84, of 4501 Whaleyville Blvd. died Monday 
at 4:35 a.m. in a Virginia Beach nursing home. 

  A native of Nansemond County, she was the widow of G. Romie Holland.  She 
was a member of Liberty Spring Congregational Christian Church and its Ladies 
Bible Class. 

  She is the daughter of the late Joseph F. and Cherrie H. Holland. 

  Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Garland Bridger of Newport News and 
Mrs. Raleigh A. Privott of Richmond; a son, J.C. Whitfield of Suffolk; two 
sisters, Mrs. Gertie Ellis of Suffolk and Mrs. Ava Elise Moody of Portsmouth; 
seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. 

  A funeral will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in I.O. Hill & Co. Funeral Home 
by the Rev. Tracy D. Floyd Jr.  Burial will be in Holland Cemetery.  Memorial 
donations may be made to the Nansemond-Suffolk Rescue Squad.  The family will 
be at her home. 


"Hontas" Pocahontas (HOLLAND WHITFIELD; Mrs. George Romie) HOLLAND, 
b. 8 Aug 1893, Nansemond Co., d. 9 Jan 1978, Virginia Beach, 
interred in Holland Cemetery*, 11 Jan 1978, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 56, No. 9, Tues., Jan. 10, 1978, p. 2, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #145244692, 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum 

*Additional information: 

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

Photos of her gravestone - added by Budjr & Jake Dog - are also posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #145244692. 

D.Cert. 78-001218 

Her parents, Joseph Frank & Cherry Marie (HOLLAND) HOLLAND, and her first 
   husband, Soloman Paul WHITFIELD (1886 - 1943), are also buried there. 

Her mother's obits ("Virginian-Pilot" & "Suffolk News-Herald," Feb. 1933) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h453c11o.txt 

Her second husband (1892 - 1967) is buried with his first wife in 
   Liberty Spring Christian Church Cemetery. 
   Liberty Spring list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/liberty.txt 

His obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Daily Press," Oct. 1967) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h453r15o.txt 


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