MARIE S. HOLLAND
May 19, 1925-Dec. 14, 2014
Mrs. Marie Smith Holland, 89, resident of Beautancus community of Mount Olive, passed from this life into the presence of her Lord and savior Sunday afternoon, Dec. 14, 2014.
She was in the loving care of Quinn Hospice Center of Kenansville when death came.
A longtime member of Rones Chapel United Methodist Church, Mrs. Holland was known for her love for family, friends and neighbors.
She was always immaculate with her appearance, loved a good joke, was quick to speak her mind and was known for her love for growing a big country vegetable garden, from which came many delicious home-cooked meals.
She loved life, kept a positive outlook and lived up to all that she was supposed to be -- a loving wife, mother, grandma, sister and friend.
The Holland family will receive friends at Tyndall Funeral Home Wednesday, Dec. 17, beginning at 12:30 p.m., with funeral services following at 2 p.m. in the chapel, to be officiated by the Rev. Mike Whatley, after which burial will take place in Wayne Memorial Park.
While flowers are welcome to honor her life, so are memorial gifts to Rones Chapel Church, 138 Garner's Chapel Road, Mount Olive, N.C., 28365, or Quinn Hospice Center, 748 S. Kenansville Bypass, Kenansville, N.C., 28349.
Mrs. Holland is survived by two sons and a daughter-in-law, Gerald Holland of Rocky Mount and Kermit and Gail Swinson Holland of Mount Olive; a daughter, Paula Holland of Mount Olive; seven grandchildren, Shari H. Davis, Kristi H. Byram, Joy Holland, Jim Holland, Michael Grady, Melissa Grady and Jeremy Best; 12 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild; her siblings, Earl Smith and wife, Christine, of Clinton, Joyce Pope of Clinton, Carolyn West of Roseboro, Tony Smith and wife, Pam, of South Carolina and Willa Dean Bland and husband, Everett, of Clinton; and many nieces and nephews.
Family members preceding her in death include her husband, Foster Q. Holland; a daughter, Janet H. Grady; a daughter-in-law, Linda Whaley Holland; a grandson, Robert Austin Best; her parents, Bernice and Nita Mae King Smith; and siblings, James Smith, Billy Smith, Mary Steele Nicholson, Ruby Chestnutt, Linda Honeycutt and an infant brother.
A Tyndall service.
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Published in Obituaries on December 16, 2014 1:48 PM