Ms. Carolyn Joye Hollingsworth Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral services for Ms. Carolyn Joye Hollingsworth, 69, of Kilgore, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, February 21, 2020, in the chapel at Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home with Pastor Randy Cooper officiating. Interment will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery under the direction of Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home. Family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, February 20, at the funeral home. Ms. Hollingsworth passed from this life on February 18, 2020, at her residence in Kilgore. She was born February 9, 1951, in Rusk County to the late Pete and Lula Mae (Clark) Hollingsworth, was raised in the Baptist church, and spent most all of her life in East Texas. Carolyn was a wonderful cook and business woman and worked for, even owned, several restaurants in East Texas, as well as several rental properties. She loved a good garage sale and was a "community mom" to her children's friends as they grew up. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a grandson, Anthony Fajardo; sister, Yvonne Boone; nephews, Weldon Nicholas and Kenneth Hollingsworth; her uncle, Virgil Clark; and daughter-in-law, Melody Garcia. Survivors include her children, Michael Shane Zuniga-Garcia of New London, April Matthews and husband Keith of Henderson, Scott Zuniga-Garcia and wife Luz Maria of Kilgore, and Antonio Zuniga-Garcia Jr. and wife Aurelia of Kilgore; brother, John Wesley Hollingsworth Jr. and wife Donna of New London; sister, Gay Nell Nicholas and husband John Paul of Henderson; 21 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren, other family and friends. Pallbearers will be Sean Garcia, Shaun Garcia, Angel Fajardo, Xavier Matthews, Trevor Goode, and Adrian Tillman. Honorary pallbearers will be Mike Logston and Keith Matthews Jr. Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.crawfordacrim.com.

Ms. Carolyn Joye Hollingsworth

February 9, 1951 - February 18, 2020