daughter, Martha, who married Joseph3 Hollingsworth. This Joseph and
Martha (Houghton/Haughton) Hollingsworth went South to North Carolina
and tracking their descendants has kept HR busy for a quarter of a 
century.
    Page 13 of the Gregg Genealogy states that William Gregg was of
Glenorchy, Scotland, later of Londonderry, Ireland, who immigrated to
New Castle, Delaware in 1682 "when he was an old man." He brought
some of his children with him.
    The said Ann Gregg, daughter of William, had married before ber
marriage to John Houghton, William Dixon, and had a large family by
him, including William Dixon, who married Hannah Hollingsworth, a sis-
ter of the above Joseph Hollingsworth. Her son John Dixon, brother of
William, married Sarah Hollingsworth, another sister to Joseph.
    Other Friends surnames involved include Hadley, Chandler, Harlan,
Hicklin, and Robinson.
    Without necessary documentation, HR does not recommend any reader 
accepting this data on face value. More will be published with the
view of documentation in mind. This is an interesting family. More
later.

    R.E. Hollingsworth. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at 
Hulett-Winstead Chapel for Robert Earl Hollingsworth, 72, of Hattiesburg 
who died Dec 24, 1989 at Forrest General Hospital. The Revs. Emmett 
Boone and Loyd Thornton will officiate with burial in Highland Cemetery. 
Mr. Hollingsworth was a World War II veteran and he was retired from the 
Ryan Chevrolet Parts Department. He was a member of the Elks Lodge and 
the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
    Pallbearers will be Marc Herrington, Billy Hatten, John Blakey, 
Steven Roberts, Lynn Ponder, M.L. King, Greg Ward and Michael Ryan.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ruth Ponder Hollingsworth of Hattiesburg;
a daughter, Mrs. Louis (Patsy) Lee of Hattiesburg; two sons, Ronnie Earl
Hollingsworth of Lake Serene and William Gary Hollingsworth of Petal;
three grandchildren and two step-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs.
Leslie King of Bay Springs and Mrs. Nina Hillman of Memphis, Tenn. and a 
brother, Norman W. Hollingsworth of Decatur.
    Visitation is from 3 to 9 p.m. today at Hulett-Winstead Funeral Home.
(Hattiesburg American, Tues. Dec 26, 1989, p. 6A col. 3, thanks to 
Correspondent Dr. Harold Graham of Belle Chasse, LA.)

Russell K. Hollin@sworth Jr., 66, a retired Navy captain who was a 
Washington native and a pharmacist here during the late 1940s, died
Jan. 10, 1990 at his home in San Diego. Capt. Hollingsworth, who had
lived in San Diego since retiring from active duty in 1969, graduated
from, Woodward Preparatory School. He was a graduate of George Washington
University and a cum laude graduate of its pharmacy school.
     He was commissioned in the Navy during, World War II. He left in
1945 and was a pharmacist at Peoples Drug stores until 1950,when he
was recalled to active duty. The rest of his career was spent mostly 
as an administrative officer in aircraft maintenance program. His last
post was in San Diego. Survivors include his wife, Jo Ann: four children,
Russell K. III, Elizabeth, Bruce, and Susan, all of San Diego;
two brothers, Francis of Richmond and Charles of Thousand Oaks, Calif.: 
a sister, Anne Jones, San Pedro, Calif; and 4 grandchildren.

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