Breckinridge County KyArchives Obituaries.....HENDERSON, M/Sgt. James March 11, 1960 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Peggy Russell meemawpeg7@gmail.com July 26, 2017, 1:29 pm Breckinridge County Herald News, Friday, March 25, 1960 Obituary M/Sgt. JAMES HENDERSON Full military funeral rites were held Tuesday, March 15, 1960 at Chapel #1 at Riggs Air Force Base, Texas. Burial was in Fort Bliss National Cemetery. M/Sgt. HENDERSON of 516 Reynolds Street, Elpaso, Texas, died March 11, 1960 at age 45. A graduate of Irvington High School, and an employee of the Kentucky Highway Department before enlisting in the Air Force in 1941. During his 19 years in service, he was stationed in several installations in the states and in Alaska before it became a state, South America, India, and England. He would have retired in January 1961. Surviving James: his wife, Mrs. Elaine H. HENDERSON a daughter: Lennie Alison HENDERSON, Elpaso, Texas his parents: Mr. and Mrs. P. J. HENDERSON a sister: Mrs. Jesse GILPIN, Irvington Additional Comments: Note from my research (Peggy Russell): James HENDERSON is the son of Peyton Jesse HENDERSON and Mildred Elizabeth ST. CLAIR of Breckinridge County, Ky. Biggs Army Airfield, a military airport located at Fort Bliss in Elpaso, Texas in Elpaso County. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/breckinridge/obits/h/henderso5980gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/