Jimmy killingsworth biography
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Facing It Epiphany & Apocalypse in the New Nature
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– Sidney Dobrin, University of Florida Research Foundation Professor; graduate coordinator, English Department, University of Florida; a
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Jimmy Robert Killingsworth
Jimmy R. Killingsworth, born May 24, 1931, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on December 28, 2024. He died peacefully at home with Shirley, his loving wife of 70 years at his side. His 2 daughters, son-in-law, grandchildren, and great grandchildren visited and surrounded him with love and prayers during his last days.
Jim was born and raised on a farm in Dothan, Alabama. He was the oldest of 5 children, with 2 sisters and 2 brothers. He enlisted and served in the Navy during the Korean War, right out of high school. He met his beloved wife at a church function while in port in Key West, and they married and lived in Miami as soon as he was discharged. Once becoming a Christ-follower, Jim was committed to the Lord and was a faithful member of Wayside Baptist Church, where he served for over 70 years. He was highly respected, and always provided wise counsel.
He had a 34-year career at Florida Power & Light Co, in Miami, where he st
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Facing It: Epiphany and Apocalypse in the New Nature
Blending memoir, cultural history, and a literary perspective, Facing It bears witness to controversies like Tellico and Chernobyl, global warming and local drought. But rather than merely drowning readers in waves of ecological angst, M. Jimmie Killingsworth seeks alternative images and episodes to invoke presence without crippling the hope for survival and sustenance in places and communities of value.
In deft, highly accessible prose, Killingsworth takes the reader through a Cold-War childhood, an adolescence colored by anti-war and ecological activism, and an adulthood darkened by terrorism and climate change. Inviting us on walks through tame suburbias (riddled with environmental abuse) and wild deserts and mountains (shadowed by industrial development), he celebrates the survival of natural beauty and people living close to the earth while questioning truisms associated with both economic advancement and environm