Mrs. Billie Holland

July 13, 1927 - March 21, 2019

Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Billie Holland, 91, of Fairplay, Texas will be 4:00 p.m., Sunday, March 24, 2019 at Waldrop Cemetery with Bro. Terry Holland officiating. Burial will follow under the direction of Hawthorn Funeral Home. Visitation will be 6-8:00 p.m. Saturday night at the funeral home. Mrs. Billie Christine Armstrong Holland was born July 13, 1927 in Beckville, Texas to the marriage of Lonnie Bernerd and Virgie Truelock Armstrong and passed away March 21, 2019 in Tyler, Texas. She was schooled in Chapman and Henderson High School. She married Dan Holland on Valentine’s Day in 1947 and they celebrated 47 years together before he preceded her in death in 1994. Billie was a loving homemaker to her family. She loved working in her yard and flowers and her pets. She is preceded in death by her parents, and sister, Charlcie Wills. Mrs. Holland is survived by her devoted children, Joyce Holland Harrison and husband Glen of Whitehouse, Mack Holland and wife Diane of Fairplay, and Shawn Holland Brightwell and husband Dwight of Sealy; siblings, Dean Duncan and husband Mack of Laneville, Joan McName and husband Charles of Kilgore; brother-in-law, Willis Wills of Fairplay, grandchildren, Melissa Harrison Harper and husband Keith of Whitehouse, Scott Harrison and wife Cindy of Longview, Brandon Holland and wife Kayla of Del Ray, Landon Holland and wife Robyn of Elkhart, Avery Brightwell Stephens and husband Trent of Houston, Andrew Brightwell of College Station; ten great grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews and a host of friends.