Obituary of Jule Carr Holland Jr ~ 2003

Transcribed by Joan S Dunn

Source: The News & Observer Apr 10 2003

ORIENTAL - Jule Carr Holland, Jr., 80, died Tuesday at his home in Oriental.  
A Requiem Eucharist will be said by The Rev. Jeremiah C. Day on Friday at 
2:00 pm at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Oriental.  
Mr. Holland was born December 8, 1922 in Raleigh to Jule Carr and Ala Mae 
Jordan Holland. He attended Gordon Military Academy in Barnesville, 
Georgia and North Carolina State University, where he was a member of Pi 
Kappa Alpha and graduated with a degree in industrial engineering. From 
1942-46 he served in the U.S. Army, seeing service in the Pacific Theater
 (Philippines) as a member of the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment. He 
received a number of medals and commendations including a Purple Heart and 
the Bronze Star. Following the war, he established J.C. Holland Sales 
Company to represent Federal Pump Corporation. He lived in Raleigh and 
Greensboro before moving to Oriental in 1974.  
He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Winifred Frances (Lewis); sons, 
Jule Carr III of Newark, NJ and Rodney Thomas of Oriental; daughter, 
Patricia Ann Pope of Wrightsville Beach; and three granddaughters, Meghann 
Alexandra Holland, Sarah Elizabeth Harper and Bridget Harris. A son, 
Michael Lewis Holland, predeceased him.  
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Thomas Episcopal Church 
Memorial Fund or to Hospice of Pamlico County.





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