Oldest Working Man in America and WWII Navy Veteran to Retire on 101st Birthday
Chester Hollingsworth, a World War Two veteran and Texas centenarian, is announcing that he will retire on his 101st birthday on October 18, 2018. At age 100 Chester Hollingsworth is the oldest working man in America, spending his Tuesdays and Thursdays organizing samples of hardwood flooring, carpet, laminate, vinyl plank, tile and other flooring materials at S&H Distributing’s Dallas Flooring Warehouse discount flooring and carpet store. Twice a week, his driver, Willie Evans, drives him to work, to lunch and back and then back home at the end of a long work day. He had retired twice in the past, once in 1984 and then again in 1990 when he sold his share in the business to his partner, John Stacy. Three years later he asked his longtime friend, John, if he could return and work two days a week in 1993. He has been working at the warehouse flooring superstore at 8717 Directors Row in Dallas, Texas ever since. Chester is one of the founders of the Dallas Flooring Warehouse pa