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James Lewis Hollingsworth Sr

24 Aug 1922 – 28 Aug 2011

Birth24 Aug 1922
Death28 Aug 2011
CemeteryRose Hill Cemetery
Blooming Grove , Navarro County , Texas , USA
Added byKaren Knapp Rost on 29 Mar 2021
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75732341

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Lewis Hollingsworth, 89, of Hillsboro, Texas, passed away Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, at Providence Health Care Center in Waco. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, at Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors Chapel in Hillsboro with the Rev. Vivian Sumrow officiating. Lewis was born in Raleigh, Texas, to the late Charles and Ethel (Lewis) Hollingsworth. At the age of 14, Lewis went to work for the funeral home in Blooming Grove digging graves. This step would lead to a lifetime of service as a funeral director and embalmer. He attended school in Blooming Grove, graduating in 1940. There he met, Imogene "Jean" Shell and they were married September 14, 1942. He served his country during World War II as a member of the 82nd Airborne, where he was in the Glider Infantry. Lewis fought battles in Germany, England, France, and Holland, including the Battle of the Bulge. He was a highly decorated soldier. Among his many medals, and the one of which he was most proud, was the Silver Star Medal. Following the war, Lewis completed mortuary school and received his embalmer's license in December of 1948. During the 1950s, he worked with Marshall & Marshall in Hillsboro before purchasing his own funeral home in Itasca. He owned and operated Hollingsworth Funeral Home in Itasca until he sold it in 1972 and it became Clayton Kay Funeral Home. Over the next three decades, he assisted at many area funeral homes including another tour with Marshall & Marshall and also Porter Funeral Home in Mexia until 2009. After his retirement, Lewis owned a real estate business and also helped his wife, Jean, managing rental properties, and as owners of Shell's Ladies Wear in Hillsboro, which has been in continuous business since 1956. He was preceded in death by a son, Joe Don Hollingsworth; and brother, Charlie Lee Hollingsworth. He is survived by his wife, Jean Hollingsworth, of Hillsboro; son, Jim Hollingsworth and wife, Doris, of Whitney; grandchildren, Shelley Hollingsworth, Ryan Hollingsworth and wife, Tiffany, and Jayme Cox; sisters, Bernice Prater, Mavis Lusk, and Odessa Smith, all of Blooming Grove; other family members; and many friends. Waco Tribune-Herald: 8/31/2011...X7 ∼ US ARMY 82ND AIRBORNE Father: Charlie Hollingsworth Mother: Ethel Lee (Lewis) Hollingsworth Wife: Imogene"Jean" (Shell) Hollingsworth

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