Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Tuesday, March 1, 2022 in the chapel of McLaurin Funeral Home in Clayton, North Carolina with Pastor Steve Caronna officiating. Burial will follow at Pinecrest Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 12 noon until 2:00 PM Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at the funeral home, prior to the service.
She was born February 3, 1933 in Johnston County, North Carolina to the late B.A. and Emma Harper. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Mary Evans and Jerlene Bagley; her first husband, Leroy Johnson, and her second husband, C. Graham Holland.
Mrs. Holland worked for Norwich Mills and Westinghouse before becoming a stay at home mom and the co-founder of Hollmet Recycling Corporation, a successful metals recycling company. She began supporting her husband’s ministry, as he was the pastor of The Faith Zone Worship Center in 1998 and retired in 2010 to move to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to live full time. She had a passion for shopping, especially for shoes, and loved all types of Thrift Shops.
She is survived by her four children, Aaron Johnson and wife Melody of Clayton, North Carolina, Gail Johnson Honeycutt and husband Bennie of Raleigh, North Carolina, Sherrie Johnson Johnson and husband Allen of Knightdale, North Carolina and Gwendolyn Holland of Hallandale Beach, Florida; six grandchildren; fourteen great grandchildren; one great great grandchild; two sisters, Francis Barbour and husband Jack of Clayton, North Carolina and Martha Gilmore and husband Gene of Smithfield, North Carolina; two brothers, J.B. Harper and wife Lupe of Smithfield, North Carolina and Johnny Harper and wife Diane of Clayton, North Carolina; several nieces and nephews; and her beloved pet, Sir Heartstrings of Allenby “Strings”.
On line condolences may be made to the family at: www.mclaurinatpinecrest.com.
Memorials may be made in Mrs. Holland’s memory to: Transition Lifecare Hospice, 250 Hospice Circle, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607.
McLaurin Funeral Home is honored to be assisting Mrs. Holland’s family.
