James Alan Hollingsworth

James Alan Hollingsworth was born January 2, 1941, in Detroit, Michigan and died March 8th , 2023, in Ponte Vedra, Florida. Jim joined the army out of high school and was serving in Berlin, in the 101st Airborne, when the Berlin Wall went up, August 12-13, 1961. After 3 years in the army he returned to Detroit and studied auto engineering. He and a friend formed an engineering company of which Jim was CEO. He retired to Scottsdale, Arizona where he met his wife Barbara. They enjoyed 27 years of dancing, hiking, tennis , and golf . They entertained for dances for 15 years, calling themselves “Jim-N-I”. They eventually moved to Colorado, then to Florida. Jim is survived by his wife, Barbara and three daughters, Julie Pittman, Barbie Zabielski, and Lisa Rivers,a son, Ken Hollingsworth, 7 grandchildren, and one great grandson.