Coushatta, LA - A funeral service celebrating the life of W. H. "Boss" Holland, 83, will be held at 11:00 AM, Friday, June 19, 2020 at Kilpatrick's Rose-Neath Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Ronnie Moore officiating and assisted by Brother Buster Bailey. Interment will follow in Thomas-Wren Cemetery in the Martin community. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM, Thursday, June 18, 2020 at the funeral home.
Boss was born on September 24, 1936 in Red River Parish, LA to Orange and Roberta Pickett Holland and passed away June 15, 2020 in Campti, LA.
Boss was preceded in death by his parents. Left to cherish his memory are his wife of 64 years, Mattie Holland; sons, Wiley Holland, Jr. and friend, Donna and James Holland and wife, Cindy; daughter, Gail Adams and husband, Steve; grandchildren, Kim Thorton (Chad), Stephanie Baker (Kerry), Chasity Tousek (Theron), Tanya Sullivan (Chris), Natasha Smith, Tiffany Adams, Michael Adams (Chrissy), Chris Adams (McKenzie), Dillan Adams and Tyler Adams (Sarah); sister, Mary Francis Stevenson; 20 great-grandchildren, 4 great-great-grandchildren and friends.
Honoring Boss as pallbearers will be Tyler Holland, Michael Adams, Cody Sullivan, D. J. Jones, Mason Jones and Theron Tousek. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be the Men of Coulee Bethel Church, Brandon Sullivan, Chris Adams, David Freeman, Doyle Sauce, Lenn Wood and Ben Wood.