Wednesday, February 4, 2026 9:31 am

Polly Grasel Holland, age 74, of Ellenboro passed over into heaven January 22, 2026. She was born April 5, 1951, in Honolulu, Hawaii and was a daughter of the late Peter and Lelia Appoline Corbin Grasel.

Polly was a graduate of LSU and Garder-Webb University. She was a teacher in the Rutherford County School System, where she taught for 28 years.

Survivors include her husband of 49 years, Gerry Holland, her daughters, Heather Holland Novak and husband Adam of Spartanburg, Kami Holland of Matthews, and Kristen Holland of Lyman, SC, her brother, Peter Corbin Grasel of Tallahassee, FL, and sisters, Pam Bordelon of Pensacola, FL, and Paula Grasel of St. Augustine, FL, five grandchildren, Ava McIntlyre, Aubrey Novak, Sidney Holland, Hudson Novak, and Lucas Fountain.

The memorial service will be February 21 at First United Methodist Church in Forest City at 1pm. Visitation will follow at the church. The Rev. Bill Roberts will officiate.

In lieu of flowers memorial may be made to Wendover Hospice, 953 Wendover Heights Dr., Shelby, NC 28150.

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Padgett~King Mortuary and Crematory is serving the family.