Tag: Childhood
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Happy 113th Birthday to James Holland (Randy’s father)
Happy what would have been 113th birthday to my dad’s father, my Grandpa Holland. My grandfather was the oldest of twelve children. My dad was the first on that side of the family to go to college. Grandpa Holland had a tough life, was deeply traumatized by war, and spent most of his life battling
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Simmie Knox and Randy Holland: A relationship woven at a woolen mill in Milford, Delaware
In 1959, my dad was 12 year old. My grandfather was the cafeteria manager at a woolen mill in Milford, DE. A young man named Simmie Knox worked there and offered to paint portraits as a way to earn money and practice his art. My grandfather took him up on it, and for my entire
Justice Randy J. Holland Memorial 