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- [S113] Manes Funeral Home, (http://www.manesfuneralhome.com), 17 Jan 2016.
Anita Hollingsworth Mooty obituary
- [S142] Newspaper Article, The Oak Ridger (TN), 18 Mar 1998.
Walter Sherman Hollingsworth , 82 , of Oak Ridge , died Tuesday morning , March 17 , 1998 , at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge .
Mr. Hollingsworth retired from Union Carbide Nuclear Division in April 1980 as a machinist at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant.
He was born in Schoolfield, Va., on April 19, 1915, the son of Jacob Edward and Florence Ewing Hollingsworth .
Mr. Hollingsworth was a member of the National Guard and the Naval Reserve. He was also a member of Central Baptist Church and the church's Go-Getters Club.
He and his wife, Miriam Madelyn Inman Hollingsworth , who survives him, came to Oak Ridge in 1943. The couple left in 1945 but moved back to Oak Ridge in 1953. Both enjoyed traveling, and Mr. Hollingsworth also loved gardening and woodworking, his wife said.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Hollingsworth is survived by two daughters, Betty Jo Chumley of Oak Ridge and Anita Lee Mooty and her husband, Thomas, of Wartburg; four grandchildren, Thomas E. Mooty Jr. of Pryor, Okla., Jolynn M. Doty and her husband, Cal, of Greeneville, Lisa G. Ottinger and her husband, Larry, of Parrotsville, and Rick Davis and his wife, Sherry, of Morrow, Ga.; and by three great-grandchildren, Sean T. Mooty and Caitlin Mooty, both of Pryor, and Charlee Doty of Greeneville.
The funeral will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 19, in the chapel of Weatherford Mortuary with the Rev. Bob Gray and the Rev. Thomas Mooty officiating.
A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 20, at Oak Ridge Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the mortuary.
The family requests any memorials be in the form of donations to the Building Fund at Central Baptist Church, 130 Providence Road, Oak Ridge , TN 37830.
- [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 44279050).
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