Katherine Davis Hollingsworth was born Katherine Blalock on February 5, 1927, to the late Harry and Carrie Lee Blalock in Birmingham, Alabama, where she attended Parker High School. She met and married Daniel W. Davis, Sr. and then they moved to Akron, Ohio to start their family in 1943. Four children were born from that union. She later remarried Harry James Hollingsworth, Sr. in 1965, and from that union, two sons were born. She was an active member of Mt. Haven Missionary Baptist Church in Akron until she could no longer attend. Katherine loved cooking, shopping,  and watching soap operas.  But mostly she loved her family. Especially her grandchildren, from the first one to the last, they were her joy.

She was preceded in death by 4 sisters; 2 brothers; 1 son, Robert E. Davis aka (foo’foo); and 1 granddaughter Danni Davis.

She leaves to cherish her memory sons; Daniel (Cherryl) Davis, Jr., Clarence (Vivian) Davis, Ilelia M. Davis, Harold (Karla) Hollingsworth III, and Curtis (Sally) Hollingsworth, all of Akron, Ohio; sisters, Mary Crawford of Birmingham, AL; Carrie Mae Blalock of Jamaica Queens, NY; brother, Clarence W. Blalock of Boyton, VA; and a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren; special friends Mr. & Mrs. James (Melmer) Golden and Verlean McCallister and nieces, nephews and many more family and friends who mourn her loss.