Funeral services for Rev. R. T. Hollingsworth, 89, a retired Methodist minister, were to be at Shelby United Methodist Church. Rev. Milton J. Peden, Rev. E. Allen Bailey and Rev. James Kircher were to officiate. Burial was to follow in the Shelby City Cemetery. Fletcher Funeral Home of Cleveland had charge of arrangements.
A native of Houston, Rev. Hollingsworth graduated from Houston High School and from Milsaps College in 1923. He taught school prior to entering the ministry.
Rev. Holdings served as pastor for a number of Mississippi churches, including Inverness, Itta Bena and Tutwiler. He made his home in Shelby after his retirement in 1960.
A former Mason and Rotarian, Rev. Hollingsworth served on the North Mississippi United Methodist Board of Ministerial Training. He was a member of the Conference Board of Missions and the North Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church.
Srurvivors include his wife, Mrs. Lucille Harrison Hollingsworth of Shelby; a son, Dr. R. T. Hollingsworth Jr. of Shelby; five grandchildren; and five great grandchildren.
Excerpted from The Delta Democrat-Times, Greenville, Mississippi, 10 March 1977, page 2.
A native of Houston, Rev. Hollingsworth graduated from Houston High School and from Milsaps College in 1923. He taught school prior to entering the ministry.
Rev. Holdings served as pastor for a number of Mississippi churches, including Inverness, Itta Bena and Tutwiler. He made his home in Shelby after his retirement in 1960.
A former Mason and Rotarian, Rev. Hollingsworth served on the North Mississippi United Methodist Board of Ministerial Training. He was a member of the Conference Board of Missions and the North Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church.
Srurvivors include his wife, Mrs. Lucille Harrison Hollingsworth of Shelby; a son, Dr. R. T. Hollingsworth Jr. of Shelby; five grandchildren; and five great grandchildren.
Excerpted from The Delta Democrat-Times, Greenville, Mississippi, 10 March 1977, page 2.
Funeral services for Rev. R. T. Hollingsworth, 89, a retired Methodist minister, were to be at Shelby United Methodist Church. Rev. Milton J. Peden, Rev. E. Allen Bailey and Rev. James Kircher were to officiate. Burial was to follow in the Shelby City Cemetery. Fletcher Funeral Home of Cleveland had charge of arrangements.
A native of Houston, Rev. Hollingsworth graduated from Houston High School and from Milsaps College in 1923. He taught school prior to entering the ministry.
Rev. Holdings served as pastor for a number of Mississippi churches, including Inverness, Itta Bena and Tutwiler. He made his home in Shelby after his retirement in 1960.
A former Mason and Rotarian, Rev. Hollingsworth served on the North Mississippi United Methodist Board of Ministerial Training. He was a member of the Conference Board of Missions and the North Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church.
Srurvivors include his wife, Mrs. Lucille Harrison Hollingsworth of Shelby; a son, Dr. R. T. Hollingsworth Jr. of Shelby; five grandchildren; and five great grandchildren.
Excerpted from The Delta Democrat-Times, Greenville, Mississippi, 10 March 1977, page 2.
A native of Houston, Rev. Hollingsworth graduated from Houston High School and from Milsaps College in 1923. He taught school prior to entering the ministry.
Rev. Holdings served as pastor for a number of Mississippi churches, including Inverness, Itta Bena and Tutwiler. He made his home in Shelby after his retirement in 1960.
A former Mason and Rotarian, Rev. Hollingsworth served on the North Mississippi United Methodist Board of Ministerial Training. He was a member of the Conference Board of Missions and the North Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church.
Srurvivors include his wife, Mrs. Lucille Harrison Hollingsworth of Shelby; a son, Dr. R. T. Hollingsworth Jr. of Shelby; five grandchildren; and five great grandchildren.
Excerpted from The Delta Democrat-Times, Greenville, Mississippi, 10 March 1977, page 2.
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