Dorothy Marie Byrum Holland, 77, departed this life on November 22, 2007 in Southampton Memorial Hospital. She was born November 24, 1929, to the late Oscar and Selma Archer Byrum. She was preceded in death by her husband, J. T. Holland and her sister, Lois Byrum Hill of Portsmouth.
Mrs. Holland was a native of Suffolk and a member of Holland Baptist Church. She retired from Be-Lo Super Marker after thirty five years service. She spent her life providing for and taking care of her family, which was the most important thing in her life. She will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her and she will live in our hearts forever.
Survivors include two daughters, Dorothy Council and husband, Billy, of Atlanta, Ga., Patricia Talbott and husband, Mark, of Carson, Va; two grandsons, David Rose and wife, Alicia, of Kenosha, Wi., Dean Rose and wife, Jennifer, of Charleston, S. C., eleven great-grandchildren, Shyenne Rose and Danny Campbell of Port Orange, Fl., Nika Rose of Kenosha, Wi., Tiffany Rose Bailey, Brittney, and Michaela Rose of Nashville, Tn., Morgan, Connie, and J. T. Rose, Tevin and Jarod Geike, all of Charleston, S. C., one great-great-granddaughter, Le Anne Bailey of Nashville, Tn., one brother, Oscar Lee Byrum of Suffolk, Va., and several nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be conducted at 11 a. m. Monday at Wright Funeral Home with the Rev. Carol McCann officiating. Burial will follow in Holland Cemetery, Suffolk. The family will receive friends Sunday from 7 to 8:30 pm at the funeral home.