William Harry Hollingsworth

• Missing Since 11/12/1981
• Missing From Oak Island, North Carolina
• Classification Lost/Injured Missing
• Sex Male
• Race White
• Date of Birth 11/15/1941 (82)
• Age 39 years old
• Height and Weight 6'1 - 6'4, 150 - 190 pounds
• Associated Vehicle(s) 12-foot canoe
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes. Hollingsworth wears eyeglasses. He has a small cleft in his chin. His nickname is Bill.

Details of Disappearance

Hollingsworth was last seen in Oak Island, North Carolina on November, 1981. He left the island in a twelve-foot canoe to set up gill nets in the Frying Pan Shoals area south of Bald Head Island. He got caught in a storm on the water and never returned. An extensive search turned up no sign of him, and he is presumed to have drowned.

Hollingsworth is a graduate of Concord High School and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He owned the Shuford Insurance Agency at the time of his disappearance.