Wolfe County News - Aug. 1972 WOLFE COUNTY NATIVE PASSES Mrs. Lennie Hollon Land, Lancaster, died at 6:35 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4, in the Gerrard County Hospital following an illness of about four months. A retired school teacher and widow of the late John Land, she was the daughter of the late J.B. Hollon and Rosa Bell Byrd Hollon. She began her education in Wolfe County and completed her studies at Hazel Green Academy. She attended Berea College for one year. It was not until 1961 that Mrs. Land received her B.S. Degree from Eastern State Teacher's college. She was 66 years of age at the time. This had been a life long ambition. She had previously taught in the Gerrard County School system. She was a community leader in numerous capacities. In 1934 she received national recognition for her work as a 4-H leader at the Chicago World Fair. She was a charter member of the Lancaster Chapter of the D.A. R. and the Gerrard County Homemakers and was recognized on a nation level as "Outstanding Rural Club Woman." She spent much of her spare time writing and had been correspondent for the Advocate Messenger of Danville for the past eight years. Mrs. Land is survived by a son, J.B. Land, Lancaster; three sisters, Mrs. B. Noel (Iva), and Mrs. Ruth Condon, both of Tulsa, Okla., and Mrs. O.R. Henderson of El Cajon, Calif.; three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted on Monday afternoon of this week at 2 p.m. at the Lancaster Baptist Church where she was an active member until her illness. Burial was in the Lancaster Cemetery. Carole