William Harold Holland

William Harold Holland, 88, passed peacefully on July 30, 2020. He was born December 13, 1931, to the late Louis and Ruby Holland. The second of two children, his older sister, Shirley Elizabeth passed at the age of one year and three months. He grew up in Oklahoma in the Broken Arrow area and attended Broken Arrow Jr. High as well as High School. William played in the band and football, graduating in 1949. He attended Jr. College at Southwestern Bible Institute in Waxahachie, Texas in 1949 to 1951 the transferred to Texas Wesleyan College of Fort Worth, Texas and graduated in 1953.

He met his beautiful wife of 67 years, Iris Lorraine Londot, in 1952. They had four children, Shirley Lorraine, Patrician Anne, Philip Louis, and Billye Janeen. William taught school for three years the transitioned into the aircraft industry as a Materials and Process Engineer in Paint for Douglas Aircraft. He then entered into the business of paint manufacturing in 1958, spending 38 years as product research and development, customer service, and management. Summit Industrial Coatings was started in 1988 by William and eventually led to his retirement in 1997. After retirement He, Iris, family, friends traveled all over in the motor coach, camping out, fishing, and playing golf.

William is survived by his wife, Iris; four children; Shirley Kiper, Patti Rand, Philip Holland and Billye Tam and spouses; 10 Grandchildren; and 12 Great Grandchildren

A visitation will be held at Moore Funeral Home, 1219 N. Davis Drive, Arlington, TX 76012, on Monday, August 3, 2020 from 6:00PM to 8:00PM. Funeral Services will begin at 9:00AM on Tuesday, August 4, 2020, followed by the committal service.

Service Music will include: Beulah Land, Look for Me (Rusty Goodman), and I Can Only Imagine (Mercy Me)