Church News: President Holland laid to rest as New Year rings in with rain in St. George
By Ryan Jensen
ST. GEORGE, Utah — New Year’s Day in 2026 in St. George, Utah, brought much needed rain to the desert community in Southern Utah.
For David Holland, son of the late President Jeffrey R. Holland, the rain was a poetic sendoff for his father.
“My dad absolutely loved to take a drive in the rain, and he loved to drive around his beloved St. George. I cannot imagine anything more fitting than the fact that today he got both,” David Holland said, speaking at the burial of his father the morning after President Holland’s funeral was held in the Salt Lake Tabernacle.
Prior to the service, a funeral processional wound through the streets of St. George. The line of cars passed by some locations of personal meaning to President Holland, including the St. George Utah Temple, the St. George Tabernacle and his childhood home.