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- [S142] Newspaper Article, The Orlando Sentinel (FL), 11 Dec 1998.
Delbert ''Del'' L. Hollingsworth Sr. enjoyed sports so much that even after he left his job at Lake-Sumter Community College, he regularly attended athletic functions.
The first athletic director and first basketball coach at the college, Hollingsworth helped make the school's early athletic ventures a success.
Hollingsworth, who retired from LSCC in 1985 after 23 years on the job, died Wednesday. He was 68.
''He was always a gentleman,'' said Suzanne Shaffer, a student of Hollingsworth's in 1962. She has been working in the school's library for the past 27 years and got to know Hollingsworth as both teacher and co-worker. Her husband, Walter, played for Hollingsworth's first basketball team.
''He was special to work with,'' Shaffer said. ''He helped with all of the athletic teams when they first started. We had cross country, track and baseball, too. He was always involved with all of the athletics here.''
Ann Sherry Herring, who worked with Hollingsworth at LSCC, said he never lost his love of the college.
''He was a wonderful guy,'' Herring said. ''He would come around the college long after he retired. He would always participate in fund-raisers and attend all the special retirement dinners.''
Born in Johnson City, Tenn., Hollingsworth graduated from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and taught school there seven years before moving to Leesburg in 1962.
A master staff sergeant in the Air Force from 1951 to '54, Hollingsworth was an original faculty member at LSCC.
He was a 15-year member and past board member of the Leesburg Kiwanis.
Hollingsworth is survived by his wife, Sue, Leesburg; sons Del Jr., Leesburg, and Craig A., Sarasota; a daughter, Jennie Green, Sarasota; sisters, Sara Jean Chaniott , La Follette, Tenn., Mary Elizabeth Sharp, Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Kathryn Barbee, Peoria, Ill.; and six grandchildren.
Beyers Funeral Home in Leesburg is handling arrangements.
- [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 17 Dec 1998.
LeQUIRE, SR. - age 68, of Leesburg, Florida, passed away suddenly December 9, 1998. He was the son of the late Delbert and Jennie LeQuire Hollingsworth. He was a 1948 graduate of LaFollette High School and attended Tennessee Tech in Cookeville, TN. He was in The U.S. Air Force 1951-1954; graduated from The University of Tennessee where he received his Bachelors and Masters Degrees, teaching 7 years in U.T.'s Athletic Department; former Athletic Director and Basketball Coach at Lake-Sumter Community College 1962-1985; Real Estate Broker and Salesperson at Bergman & Associates Realtors in Leesburg, Florida from 1980 to present; member of Morrison United Methodist Church where memorial services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 12, 1998. He is survived by his wife, Sue Riggs Hollingsworth (formerly of Cookeville), two sons, Del, Jr. of Leesburg, Florida and Craig A. of Sarasota, Florida; a daughter, Jennie Sue Green of Sarasota, Florida; six grandchildren; 3 sisters, Sara Jeanne Chaniott of LaFollette, TN, Mary Elizabeth Sharp of Oak Ridge, TN and Kathryne Barbee of Peoria, Illinois. Those who wish to make memorials may make them to: Lake-Sumter Community College Foundation, 9501 U.S. Hwy. 441, Leesburg, Florida 34748 or Morrison United Methodist Church, 901 W. Main Street, Leesburg, Florida 34748.
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