She was loved and cherished by all that had contact with her. She spent most of her adult life rambling the country working as a Respiratory Therapist, from Virginia Beach Virginia to Tampa / St. Petersburg Florida, to San Diego California and back to Northeast Ohio where she was originally from.
She was Married to John J Holland Jr on January 23 2012 in Las Vegas Nevada by Elvis. After a few years in Ohio She migrated back to the Sunny South. She settled in Shallotte North Carolina near the Beaches of Ocean Isle and Holden Beach where she spent all her available time when she was not helping another.
She owed her life to Alcoholics Anonymous, where she passed on her recovery to countless others and developed many friendships, and gained many extended families.
She was a bird watcher, animal lover and amateur photographer and kept all the neighborhood birds sheltered and well fed. She always had a smile and a kind word to say. To help a stranger or make a new friend brought her very much happiness. Her passing will leave a huge void in many lives. Beth will be mourned and missed by literally hundreds of people whose lives she has touched.
She is survived by her husband, John J. Holland Jr., her mother, Becky Dillon and husband Dale of Alliance Ohio; children, Lindsey Holland of Lake Placid, Florida, Christopher Holland and wife Jaime of Watertown, New York; a brother, Scott Barr and wife Kathy of Troy Michigan; grandchildren, Eisia, Bryor, Ronin; nieces and nephews, Zachary, Kaitlyn, Hunter and Hannah; Uncle, Thomas Barr; Aunts, Connie Chakford, Martha Crookshank, Lynn Francis; mother in-law, Mary Ann Holland; a sister in-law, Colleen Sue Holland Erisey.
In lieu of flowers the family request memorials be directed to ASPCA at www.aspca.org to help prevent animal cruelty.
Services are private.
You may offer online condolences at www.shallottefunerals.com
White Funeral and Cremation Service, 3660 Express Dr., Shallotte
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