Remembering you on this Father's Day, 2001. A more profound Patriot, nor truer Mason has ever breathed.

    On March 10, 1998, I lost my best friend, my father, Joseph Carr
Hollingsworth, better known to thousands of friends as "Dock". Daddy 
fought a long and arduous battle with Cancer for the three years preced-
ing his death.

    He was diagnosed with cancer on February 14, 1995. His entire battle 
with cancer was three years long.  Even though the worst of the disease 
did not occur until later, he still was undergoing a mental battle in 
those early months amid many doctors visits and numerous medical tests to
determine the precise treatment that was going to "cure" him once and for 
all.  He had a stronger will to live than anyone I have ever known.

    Dad was an extremely strong-willed and determined individual.  When 
he made up his mind that he wanted to change some aspect of his life, he
just did. Not without great anguish and sacrifice, I'm sure.  He overcame
obstacles that most people spend a lifetime attempting to overcome.

    Dock was born in Moselle,  Jones County, Mississippi, March 25, 
1923. His parents,  Joshua Tolbert Hollingsworth and Daisy Candace Monk
Hollingsworth, predeceased him.

    Dock was a Carpenter/Millwright by trade and was respected for his
expertise in this field.       

    Dock was an Honorably Discharged veteran of  WWII, having served as an
American soldier with the 315 Infantry Division,  79th Infantry, Medical
Detachment, in the European Theater, involving action in Normandy, Northern
France, Alsace Lorraine, Rhineland, Germany, Central Europe. He was very
patriotic to his country all of his life, and loved to fly his flag. 

    Daddy lived life to the fullest, teaching his children well by both
example and instruction, to always do what's right by our fellow man, 
and to keep faith in our Lord.  Respect for our Mother and each other 
was very important to him as well.

    Dock is survived by his loving wife of 50 years, Bonnie Caroldine
Blackwell, and seven children, Joseph Kenneth of Redlands, CA; Marion 
Keith of Plano, TX; Ina Carole Goff of Gautier, MS; Kimble Tolbert of 
Pascagoula, MS; Carla Jean Hiestand of Moss Point, MS; Bonnie Kay Sims 
of Vancleave, MS; and Kelley Lyn of Pascagoula, MS, all of whom miss 
him dearly.

        He is buried in Machpelah Cemetery, Pascagoula, Jackson County,
Mississippi.