Mrs. Elma Rae Hollingsworth formerly of Raeford went home to be with our Lord and Savior on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, in Clayton, at the age of 92.
Mrs. Hollingsworth was born in Clinton, NC on July 18, 1930, to the late Ernie Tyndall and Ina Mae Carr Tyndall. She was preceded in death by her husband Floyd Hollingsworth and granddaughter Ashely Marentette Sherrill. Mrs. Hollingsworth was a member of the First Baptist Church in Raeford.
She is survived by a son Allen Floyd Hollingsworth and his wife Joanne of Clayton, NC, a daughter Connie Rae Kessler and her husband Gene of Eagle River, Alaska, and five grandchildren Danielle Brown and her husband Red, Erin Hollingsworth, Heather Marentette, Ricky Kessler and his wife Samantha, and Matthew Kessler and his wife Stacey, five great-grandchildren, Shelby, Dakota, Daytona, Asher and Wyatt, a brother Ernie Tyndall Jr. of Clinton, NC, and a sister Melba Hollingsworth of Harrisburg, NC.
Visitation will be held from 2:00 until 3:00 pm Sunday, September 18, 2022, at First Baptist Church, 333 North Main Street, Raeford, NC
A funeral service will follow at 3:00 pm at the church with Mr. Jessie Stephenson, Thomas Lee, and Reverend Kenny Hollingsworth officiating.
Burial will be in the Raeford Cemetery.
In Lieu of flowers, send memorials to First Baptist Church of Raeford at 333 N. Main Street, Raeford NC, 28376, Amelia Christian Church at 1696 Amelia Church Rd, Clayton, NC 27520, or Cardinal Hospice Care at 3886 Henderson Dr, Jacksonville, NC 28546.
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