Nadine (
ADERHOLD) LAND, 84, passed away on Saturday, July 18, 2009, at Graystone
Manor hospice, 17207 Graystone Drive, in
Dallas, TX.
Mrs. LAND was the wife of Ernest C. LAND, Sr., whom she married on January 30, 1955, at Eastern Heights
Baptist Church in
Columbus,
GA. She was born Vesta Nadine
ADERHOLD on February 3, 1925, in
Columbus,
GA, daughter of the late
Archie M. and Ethel E. (SIZEMORE)
ADERHOLD. She was a homemaker and had lived in
Dallas for forty years. The
ADERHOLD family & their kin, including the
NEWSOM /
NEWSOME family, resided in Brownville (later
Phenix City) from the 1870s, and some cousins remain there today.
Mrs. LAND received a bachelor's degree in social work from the Carver School of Missions in Louisville,
KY. A long-time member of
Park Cities
Baptist Church in
Dallas, she was also active for years in the Town North Antique Study Club and was past president of the
Dallas Chapter, Lupus Foundation of
America.
Mrs. LAND was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Dorothy (
ADERHOLD) REDMOND; and an infant brother. She is survived by her husband, Ernest, of Dallas; two sons,
Ernst C. (Trudi) LAND, Jr., of
Refugio, TX, and John M. LAND, of Dallas; one sister, Mrs. Louie F. GIGLIO, Jr., of
Marietta, GA; three brothers, Lester M. (Rae Jean)
ADERHOLD, Sr., of Tallahassee, FL,
Alton M. (Myrtle)
ADERHOLD, Sr., of Rockmart,
GA, and Clyde W. (Frances)
ADERHOLD, of Orwigsburg, PA; and a number of nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be conducted at
Park Cities
Baptist Church,
Dallas, on Tuesday, July 21, 2009, at 10:00 AM. Later in the week (date and time TBA), a graveside memorial service will be held at Mt. Paron Primitive
Baptist Cemetery in Box Springs,
Talbot County,
GA, where interment will take place.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Lupus Foundation of
America (
www.lupus.org) or to a preferred charity. Arrangements by
Dalton & Son Funeral Home, Lewisville, TX.
