PINEHURST, NC ~ Bessie Walker Hollingsworth, 84, died Friday, Feb. 1, 2002, at Manorhouse Assisted Living in Pinehurst.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. L.H. Hollingsworth, a Baptist minister and former chaplain of Wake Forest University.
Mrs. Hollingsworth was born Dec. 4, 1917, to the late I.W. and Lula C. Walker of Spindale.
She received her bachelor's degree and master's degree from Appalachian State University in Boone. For many years, she worked as a librarian in the Winston-Salem and High Point public schools and Wake Forest University. In her retirement, Mrs. Hollingsworth dedicated her time and talents to the Literacy Movement in the Winston-Salem area. She and her dear friend, Marguerite Yearns, who preceded her in death, were strong and influential advocates of literacy programs for adults and children.
She is survived by three daughters, Nancy H. Brown and her husband James C. Amundson of Raleigh, and her grandchildren, Victor Brown and Deanna Brown Butler and her husband Kevin Butler, and great-grandson, Kasey Butler; Patricia Holshouser and her husband James E. Holsouser Jr. of Southern Pines and her granddaughter, Ginny Mills and her husband John Mills, and great-granddaughters Holly Mills and Maggie Mills; and Linda H. Simms and her husband Thomas G. Simms of Winston-Salem and her grandchildren, Jeff Simms and Amy Simms; four sisters, Edna Wilson and Nettie Blanton, both of Spindale, Geneva Roberson of Forest City and Maggie Thomas of Anderson, S.C.; and two brothers, Gordon Walker of Burlington and Ivy Walker of Spindale.
A memorial service will be held at 2:30 Sunday afternoon, Feb. 3, 2002, in the Davis Chapel on the Wake Forest University Campus in Winston-Salem. The family will receive friends after the service.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Wake Forest Baptist Church Tutoring Program, East Winston Primary School, 1612 E. 14th St., Winston-Salem, NC 27105; or to Wake Forest University Scholarship Program, P.O. Box 7246, Winston-Salem, NC 27109.
Boles Funeral Home & Crematory Inc. of Pinehurst is serving the family.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. L.H. Hollingsworth, a Baptist minister and former chaplain of Wake Forest University.
Mrs. Hollingsworth was born Dec. 4, 1917, to the late I.W. and Lula C. Walker of Spindale.
She received her bachelor's degree and master's degree from Appalachian State University in Boone. For many years, she worked as a librarian in the Winston-Salem and High Point public schools and Wake Forest University. In her retirement, Mrs. Hollingsworth dedicated her time and talents to the Literacy Movement in the Winston-Salem area. She and her dear friend, Marguerite Yearns, who preceded her in death, were strong and influential advocates of literacy programs for adults and children.
She is survived by three daughters, Nancy H. Brown and her husband James C. Amundson of Raleigh, and her grandchildren, Victor Brown and Deanna Brown Butler and her husband Kevin Butler, and great-grandson, Kasey Butler; Patricia Holshouser and her husband James E. Holsouser Jr. of Southern Pines and her granddaughter, Ginny Mills and her husband John Mills, and great-granddaughters Holly Mills and Maggie Mills; and Linda H. Simms and her husband Thomas G. Simms of Winston-Salem and her grandchildren, Jeff Simms and Amy Simms; four sisters, Edna Wilson and Nettie Blanton, both of Spindale, Geneva Roberson of Forest City and Maggie Thomas of Anderson, S.C.; and two brothers, Gordon Walker of Burlington and Ivy Walker of Spindale.
A memorial service will be held at 2:30 Sunday afternoon, Feb. 3, 2002, in the Davis Chapel on the Wake Forest University Campus in Winston-Salem. The family will receive friends after the service.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Wake Forest Baptist Church Tutoring Program, East Winston Primary School, 1612 E. 14th St., Winston-Salem, NC 27105; or to Wake Forest University Scholarship Program, P.O. Box 7246, Winston-Salem, NC 27109.
Boles Funeral Home & Crematory Inc. of Pinehurst is serving the family.
PINEHURST, NC ~ Bessie Walker Hollingsworth, 84, died Friday, Feb. 1, 2002, at Manorhouse Assisted Living in Pinehurst.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. L.H. Hollingsworth, a Baptist minister and former chaplain of Wake Forest University.
Mrs. Hollingsworth was born Dec. 4, 1917, to the late I.W. and Lula C. Walker of Spindale.
She received her bachelor's degree and master's degree from Appalachian State University in Boone. For many years, she worked as a librarian in the Winston-Salem and High Point public schools and Wake Forest University. In her retirement, Mrs. Hollingsworth dedicated her time and talents to the Literacy Movement in the Winston-Salem area. She and her dear friend, Marguerite Yearns, who preceded her in death, were strong and influential advocates of literacy programs for adults and children.
She is survived by three daughters, Nancy H. Brown and her husband James C. Amundson of Raleigh, and her grandchildren, Victor Brown and Deanna Brown Butler and her husband Kevin Butler, and great-grandson, Kasey Butler; Patricia Holshouser and her husband James E. Holsouser Jr. of Southern Pines and her granddaughter, Ginny Mills and her husband John Mills, and great-granddaughters Holly Mills and Maggie Mills; and Linda H. Simms and her husband Thomas G. Simms of Winston-Salem and her grandchildren, Jeff Simms and Amy Simms; four sisters, Edna Wilson and Nettie Blanton, both of Spindale, Geneva Roberson of Forest City and Maggie Thomas of Anderson, S.C.; and two brothers, Gordon Walker of Burlington and Ivy Walker of Spindale.
A memorial service will be held at 2:30 Sunday afternoon, Feb. 3, 2002, in the Davis Chapel on the Wake Forest University Campus in Winston-Salem. The family will receive friends after the service.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Wake Forest Baptist Church Tutoring Program, East Winston Primary School, 1612 E. 14th St., Winston-Salem, NC 27105; or to Wake Forest University Scholarship Program, P.O. Box 7246, Winston-Salem, NC 27109.
Boles Funeral Home & Crematory Inc. of Pinehurst is serving the family.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. L.H. Hollingsworth, a Baptist minister and former chaplain of Wake Forest University.
Mrs. Hollingsworth was born Dec. 4, 1917, to the late I.W. and Lula C. Walker of Spindale.
She received her bachelor's degree and master's degree from Appalachian State University in Boone. For many years, she worked as a librarian in the Winston-Salem and High Point public schools and Wake Forest University. In her retirement, Mrs. Hollingsworth dedicated her time and talents to the Literacy Movement in the Winston-Salem area. She and her dear friend, Marguerite Yearns, who preceded her in death, were strong and influential advocates of literacy programs for adults and children.
She is survived by three daughters, Nancy H. Brown and her husband James C. Amundson of Raleigh, and her grandchildren, Victor Brown and Deanna Brown Butler and her husband Kevin Butler, and great-grandson, Kasey Butler; Patricia Holshouser and her husband James E. Holsouser Jr. of Southern Pines and her granddaughter, Ginny Mills and her husband John Mills, and great-granddaughters Holly Mills and Maggie Mills; and Linda H. Simms and her husband Thomas G. Simms of Winston-Salem and her grandchildren, Jeff Simms and Amy Simms; four sisters, Edna Wilson and Nettie Blanton, both of Spindale, Geneva Roberson of Forest City and Maggie Thomas of Anderson, S.C.; and two brothers, Gordon Walker of Burlington and Ivy Walker of Spindale.
A memorial service will be held at 2:30 Sunday afternoon, Feb. 3, 2002, in the Davis Chapel on the Wake Forest University Campus in Winston-Salem. The family will receive friends after the service.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Wake Forest Baptist Church Tutoring Program, East Winston Primary School, 1612 E. 14th St., Winston-Salem, NC 27105; or to Wake Forest University Scholarship Program, P.O. Box 7246, Winston-Salem, NC 27109.
Boles Funeral Home & Crematory Inc. of Pinehurst is serving the family.
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