PRISCILLA EVANS HOLLAND, 91, of Crisfield, died Friday, May 28, 2010 at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield.

Born on Rhodes Point, Smith Island January 31, 1919, she was a daughter of the late Otis P. and Lydia Evans. Her husband of 53 years, Edward T. "Sonny" Holland, preceded her in death November 27, 1993.

She moved to Crisfield in 1933 and graduated from Crisfield High School in 1936. She attended the former Salisbury State Teachers College for two years. She married her husband in 1940, and together they owned and operated the former Holland's Grocery and Restaurant until 1968. Mrs. Holland then worked for the Somerset County Board of Education as a teacher's aide for 20 years.

She was a faithful member of Immanuel United Methodist Church in Crisfield where she sang in the choir, and was active in the Wharton Sunday Class and the UMW Circle #1. She was also Past President of the PTA of the former Elementary #3, was a lifetime member of the former Eastern Star Chapter #28 for more than 50 years, and was a member of the Women's Civic Club.

She is survived by her son, Edward Bryan Holland and his wife Linda of Pocomoke City; four grandchildren, Dana Thomas, Daniel Smith, Dustin Smith and Edward Bryan "Eddie" Holland, Jr. and his fiancé Valerie Miller; three great-grandchildren, Kylie Nicole Holland, Deacon Edward Smith Hunter, and Dakota Christine Stein; one sister, Ruth Evans Sterling of Crisfield; two special nieces, Connie Watson and her husband Ernie of Salisbury and Beverly Purnell and her husband P.J. of Crisfield; one son-in-law, Eddie Russ Smith of Tylerton; her sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Kathleen Davis Holland of Ocean City and Lois Jean and Jimmy Beaver of Temecula, California; and many other nieces, nephews and cousins.

Along with her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Christine Holland Smith on August 21, 2009.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 2 PM at Bradshaw & Sons Funeral Home in Crisfield where friends may call two hours prior. The Rev. Kim Gilson will officiate. Interment will follow in Sunnyridge Memorial Park in Crisfield.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory are requested to be sent to Immanuel U. M. Church Memorial Fund, c/o Robert H. Bradshaw, Jr., 306 W. Main Street; Tawes Nursing Home Building Fund, 201 Hall Highway; or Lower Somerset County Ambulance and Rescue Squad, LSCARS, P.O. Box 406, all Crisfield, MD 21817.

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