Gina Maria Holland, 58, was called home and passed away on July 2, 2016, at Future Care Irvington long-term care after a four-year battle of complications of a stroke. Holland was born March 5, 1958, in Lewes, Del., daughter of George and Lois Wolford.
Holland graduated from Indian River High School, and then she attended college online, majoring in psychology, through South University, where she made the Dean’s List and maintained a 4.0 GPA. Holland worked as a certified nursing assitant for a total of 22 years. She worked at the Harrison House and Stockley Center. She also worked at Wawa as a cashier. She worked at Bodie’s in Dagsboro, where she made the best subs and delicious fried chicken in town. It was said that many people did not come there to get food unless she was the chef of the day.
For the last seven years, she was a homemaker. She baked cakes and prepared food for various occasions. Holland enjoyed cooking and spending time with loved ones and friends. She loved gathering different types of recipes and making them her own. She developed her own cookbook of all the various dishes she prepared. She was a devoted football fan, the Dallas Cowboys being her favorite team. She would watch every game during the season. She also loved WWE wrestling.
Holland was preceded in death by her husband, John Holland Jr. She is survived by her parents, George and Lois Wolford; aunts, Carolyn Harmon and Doris Sturgis; brothers, Gino Sturgis, Zeb Godwin, Dwayne Wolford, George Wolford Jr. and Keith Wolford; sisters-in-law, Quita Godwin, Berta Wolford, Karen Wolford and Carolyn Wolford; her children, Jackie Walker and her husband, A.J. Walker, Johnda Holland, John “J3” Holland III and Johnathan Holland; 10 grandchildren nieces; three nephews; and a number of other relatives and close friends.
A memorial service was scheduled for July 8, 2016, at Antioch AME Church, Frankford, Del. All flowers and memorial donations can be sent in her name to Antioch AME Church; 194 Clayton Ave.; Frankford, DE 19945.