A life, recovered
Inez Jecilia Farris Hollingsworth
In the family photographs with Tex, and in the line that leads to Clayton.
Edgar Lee “Tex” Hollingsworth and Inez Jecilia Farris Hollingsworth together. Color and fine details are interpretive; the supplied restored monochrome photograph remains the reference.
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Inez in the photographs
Clayton identifies Inez Jecilia Farris Hollingsworth beside Edgar Lee “Tex” Hollingsworth in two family photographs. One shows them sitting outdoors; the other brings their faces close together. These photographs preserve her presence in the family album. Their dates and locations have not been established.
The close photograph is shown here in its approved black-and-white HIM refinement and an interpretive color version. The original colors cannot be recovered from the monochrome source.
Sources: Clayton Hollingsworth’s family identification, October 26, 2026 · Tex and Inez close portrait — family archive
Edgar Lee “Tex” Hollingsworth and Inez Jecilia Farris Hollingsworth together outdoors.
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The Hollingsworth family
The working family research describes Inez as Oklahoma-born and identifies her as Edgar’s wife and the mother of Billy Joe Hollingsworth Sr. The family line followed here continues through their son Billy Joe Hollingsworth Sr., then his son Perry Wayne Hollingsworth, then Clayton.
Edgar’s 1972 obituary names Drexell as his wife at the time of his death. The available material does not establish when Inez and Edgar’s marriage ended, so this page leaves that chronology open.
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Edgar Lee “Tex” Hollingsworth and Inez Jecilia Farris Hollingsworth in a close family portrait. Premium HIM black-and-white refinement of a supplied restored photograph.
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Sources & further reading
These sources support the biography and its continuing research.
- Clayton Hollingsworth’s family identification, October 26, 2026
Clayton identified Tex and Inez in the outdoor and close portraits. Their dates and locations are not established.
- Tex and Inez close portrait — family archive ↗
The supplied photograph was already restored. The HIM refinements and color version are interpretive; an untouched earlier photographic original has not been identified from this intake.
- Edgar Lee “Tex” Hollingsworth — Working Biography ↗
Family research drawing on Edgar’s obituary, death certificate and later family records. The full chronology of Inez’s marriage remains to be documented.