Obituary: John T. Holland

John Tillman Holland, 87, of Columbia, died Jan. 15, 2015.

A graduate of Mars Hill College, Wake Forest College and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, he came to Columbia as a young man to be an intern for F. Clyde Helms at Shandon Baptist Church, where he was instrumental in the organization of the Broad River Baptist Church (now St. Andrews Baptist Church). He later was a pastor in North Carolina and a hospital chaplain in North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

Holland also taught seminary courses in pastoral care, and his published research appeared in the Journal of Pastoral Care. After retirement, he served as supply minister at Dentsville, Eastside, and South Beltline Baptist churches. He was a member of Greenlawn Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Alsie Blume Holland, and two children.