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    (8) John Tackaberry - 1969, Hollywood, California.
    John Tacaberry, Writer for Comics, Hollywood, June 25 (AP) Com-
edy writer John Tackaberry, 56, a longtime associate of comedian Jack 
Benny, died yesterday at St. Joseph's Hospital in Santa Monica.  Mr. 
Tackaberry wrote for the Jack Benny Show for 12 years.  He also wrote 
for comedians Jackie Gleason, Garry Moore, Joey Bishop and Bob Newhart.
    He got his start with Horace Heidt when Heidt emceed "Pot of Gold," 
radio's first give away program.  "He started sending me little quips," 
Heidt recalled yesterday "and I used some of them.  Then one day I look-
ed out the window and there he was with his car, wife and children."
    In 1943 he joined Benny as a top gag writer.  He also wrote numer-
ous television specials. Born in Sydney, Australia, Mr. Tackaberry ar-
rived in Texas when he was 6.  He was reared in Houston and attended the 
University of Texas.  (The Washington Post, Thurs. June 26, 1969, p. B6 
courtesy of Stace Tackaberry, Manhattan Beach, Calif., John's son, who 
is researching the family.  The Tackaberrys sat in the same pew with 
our Hollinsworths in Ballycanew Protestant Church, Co Wexford, Ireland 
in 1760 (vestry minute book) and intermarried after that several times 
with them, emigrated to Leeds Co., Ontario, Canada and Madison County, 
New York, U.S.A. with them, etcetera.  John Tackaberry's name was very
familiar to your editor long before genealogy grabbed him, for his 
whole family listened to the "Jack Benny Program" (the right title) 
every week on radio, and announcer Don Wilson always listed the names 
of the writers, as he later did on the TV show, ending the list with
"... and John Tackaberry.") 'Old Ranger" on Death Valley Days, actor
Stanley Andrews, 77, was also listed on same page. Harry Hollingsworth 
worked in several films with him.

    (9) Mildred M. Hollingsworth - 1989 - Honey Brook, Pennsylvania.
Mildred M. Hollingsworth of Honey Brook Mildred M. Hollingsworth 
of Tel Hai Nursing Center, Honey Brook, died Tuesday at the nursing 
center after a lengthy illness.  She was the widow of Everett B. Hol-
lingsworth, Sr.  Born in West Chester, she was the daughter of the late 
Robert S. and Sarah Simmler Mood.  Before moving to Honey Brook, she 
was a resident of Downingtown.  She lived most of her life in the Fair-
ville/Mendenhall area.
    She is a graduate of West Chester High School.  She was employed 
by the Bell Telephone Company for a number of years and later worked 
for the Greenville Elementary School.  She is a member of the Kennett 
Square Presbyterian Church.  She is survived by a son, Everett B. Hol-
lingsworth, Jr., of Wilmington, Del.; one daughter Joan Ryan of Down-
ingtown, three grandchildren and two sisters, Mary Sicoli of West Ches-
ter and Charlotte Norris of Downingtown.
    Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Fri. at tbe Albert F. Kuzo 
Funeral Home Inc., 250 W. State St., Kennett Square.  Interment will be 
in Longwood Cemetery, Kennett Square.  Friends may call from 10 to 11 
a.m. Fri. at the funeral home. (West Chester Daily Local News, Wed.
June 21, 1989, courtesy of Albert W. Twaddell, Correspondent First 
Grade, Phoenixville, Pa.)

     (10) Gilbert "Teen" W. Hollingsworth Sr., Elkton, Md. 1989 or 90.
Age 55, of Water St., Cecilton, Maryland, died Saturday of heart 
failure in Union Hospital, Elkton.  Mr. Hollingsworth worked for Bran-
dywine Construction Co., Wilmington Del., and was a member of Labor-
ers International Union Local 299, Wilmington.  He was president of the 
Cecil Gun and Rod Club for 18 years.  He is survived by his wife of 31 
years, Shirley Lee Hollingsworth: a son Gilbert W. Jr. at home; a


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