Obituary of Martha Henson

Graveside services for Martha Ann Henson, 75, New London, are scheduled for 4:00 pm, Monday, May 21 at the Oakwood City Cemetery with the Reverend Atwell Hankins officiating under the direction of Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home, Overton. Mrs. Henson died Thursday, May 17, 2007 in Tyler. She was born December 18, 1931 in Oakwood to the late Ira Benjamin and Bertha Agnes Whinery Laningham. She moved to Laird Hill in 1974 from Oakwood and worked at Laird Hospital, Kilgore as a housekeeper. She was a member of the First Assembly of God, Overton and was a homemaker and mother. She was preceded in death by a son, Albert Henson, Jr. on November 1, 2001; two sisters, Dorothy Mudd and Mae Laningham; and a granddaughter, Frances Loretta Tennison. Survivors include two daughters and a son-in-law, Ira Thompson, New London, and Jennie Sue and John Smith, New London; a son and daughter-in-law, Fred Garland Henson, Sr. and Connie Henson, Elkart; two brothers, J. W. Laningham, Grapeland, and Vic Brown, Texas City; a sisters and a brother-in-law, Jennie and Fred Egger, Laird Hill; thirteen grandchildren and their spouses, Larry Lee and Stacie Thompson, Jamie Thompson, Jill and Will Griffith, Fred and Tiffany Henson, April Shannon, Charlie Henson, Crystal Henson, Laura and Walter Jones, Johnathan Egger, Rebecca Henson, Sherry Henson, Ashley Henson, and Joshua Tennison; 17 great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm, Sunday, May 20.