Complex sentence: Hollingsworth graduated from Greenville High School and spent one lackluster year as a student at Furman University; but after his father's death in 1942, he and his mother inherited the business.
Split into simpler sentences: Hollingsworth graduated from Greenville High School and spent one lackluster year as a student at Furman University. Following his father's death in 1942, he and his mother inherited the business.