William Joseph Moore (Bill) Holland

  General Notes:

The 1940 Federal Census for The Town of Franklin, Southampton Co., VA, District 88-15, page 185A, dated April 22, 1940 records William J. M. Holland (71 - VA) with his wife Gertrude P. Holland (68 - VA) and daughter Maria Matthews (40 - VA0 and her son Roy Matthews Jr. (8) living at 201 High Street. Education completed includes: William, 7 years of schooling, Gertrude, 2 years of high school, and Maria, 2 years of college. William is the pwner of a Funeral Parlor.

From www.findagrave.com
William Joseph Moore Holland
Birth: Dec. 12, 1867 - Death: Oct. 18, 1942
Spouse: Essie Gertrude Pretlow Holland (1872 - 1966)
Children:
Marie Pretlow Holland Matthews (1900 - 1982)
Joel Cook Holland (1904 - 1978)
Burial: Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin City, Southampton Co., VA



Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries
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

His father's (donated 1937) obit is posted at:
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/h453w4ob.txt

William married Gertrude Emma (Essie) Pretlow, daughter of James Thomas C. Pretlow and Mariah Louise Rawls, circa 1894 in Southampton Co, VA. (Gertrude Emma (Essie) Pretlow was born on 14 Mar 1872 in Southampton Co, VA, died on 27 Dec 1966 in Franklin (Southampton Co.), VA and was buried in Plot 164 - Poplar Spring Cemetery - New Annex.)