Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Holland, E. Smith, 1934 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ELISHA HOLLAND DIES IN COUNTY Well-Known Farmer of Holland Community Succumbs To Short Illness At Age 79; Funeral Sunday. Elisha Smith Holland, aged 79, a well-known farmer of Nansemond, died at his home near Holland at 7 a.m. today, succumbing to a short illness. Mr. Holland was a son of the late Carr and Christine Holland. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Texanna Holland; a son, Willie E. Holland, and a daughter, Miss Clara Mae Holland, all of Nansemond county. Also four grandchildren survive him, as do a sister, Mrs. Julia Tomlin, and a brother, Carr Holland, Jr., all of Nansemond. Funeral services will be conducted from the residence Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, with the Rev. Dr. N.G. Newman and the Rev. W.M. Jay, officiating. Burial will be made in the family cemetery. Elisha Smith HOLLAND, farmer, b. 22 Jul 1854, Nansemond Co., d. 9 Feb 1934, at home, near Holland, interred in the HOLLAND family cemetery*, Trumpet Dr., 11 Feb 1934, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 11, No. 275, Fri., Feb. 9, 1934, p. 1, clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #195711829, by Martha Fontaine Byrum [no grave photo] *Additional information: Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 2 (NV-II-11), an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol2.txt D.Cert. 4414 (Holy Neck #1) His widow's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," May 20 & 22, 1935) are posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h453t7ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h453s13o.txt