[Update]: The Memorial Celebration of the life of Norman Holland will take place on Monday, April 14, 2014, from 1 pm to 3 pm, at Christ Church, 15354 Old Hickory Boulevard, Brentwood, TN 37211. The beloved Southern Gospel music executive passed away last week.
[Original article, published March 12, 2014]:
Southern Gospel music executive Norman Holland passed away on Monday, March 10, 2014, due to heart failure.
Norman began his 35-year Gospel music career in radio promotions at the Benson Company in 1980, and through the years became a catalyst in the careers of such artists as the Cathedral Quartet, the Speer Family, the Kingsmen Quartet, J.D. Sumner and the Stamps Quartet, Gold City, Jeff and Sheri Easter, and Greater Vision. Later, Holland headed the A&R department for Chapel Records (now Spring Hill) where he worked on the Gaither Homecoming Series and helped launch the careers of Brian Free and Assurance and the Martins.
For the past 16 years, Holland served artists as Vice President of A&R at Daywind Records, guiding the careers of Greater Vision, the Perrys, Legacy Five, the Booth Brothers, Brian Free and Assurance, the Nelons, Karen Peck and New River, the Mark Trammell Quartet, Mark Lowry, Sisters, Barbara Fairchild, and many more. He received a lifetime achievement award from the Southern Gospel Music Guild in 2012.
Services will be at Sorrell’s Funeral Home, 2744 W Magnolia Ave, Geneva, Alabama, 36340. Visitation will be 1 – 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 15, 2014, followed by the funeral at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Norman Holland Memorial Fund c/o Norman’s sister, Edith Brown, 1209 Glenwood St., Dothan, Alabama, 36301. The balance of the fund after funeral expenses will be donated to the Gospel Music Trust Fund.
A memorial service will be held in Nashville within the next month.
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