Obit of Henderson, Lelah F - Murray County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Dennis Muncrief 15 Nov 2004 Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.htm ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Henderson Nelson Ward Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/1105 Lelah F. Henderson Services for Lelah F. Henderson, 97, Sulphur, were held Tuesday, Nov. 2 at 2:00 p.m. at the Clagg Funeral Chapel with Rev. Eddie Malphrus officiating. Interment was in Oaklawn Cemetery with Clagg Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Born February 4, 1907 in DeLeon, Texas to James F. Nelson and Sally Elizabeth Ward Nelson, she died Friday, Oct. 29 in Muskogee. She married S. J. "Shorty" Henderson on December 7, 1925 in Byers, Texas. He preceded her in death on June 21, 1975. She grew up in Texas and came to Sulphur in 1939. She was a housewife and member of the First Baptist Church of Sulphur and several clubs. She had lived in Muskogee the past few years. She is survived by a daughter, Gearldine Henderson, Tahlequah; a son and daughter-in-law, Arcie Paul and Charlene Henderson, Muskogee; four grandchildren, Matt Henderson, Tulsa, Butch Henderson and wife, Nancy, Cleburne, Texas, Carol and husband, Brian Austin, Huntingtown, Md. and Janell and husband, Ronnie Hall, Cleburne, Texas; nine great grandchildren and eight great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, E. W. Henderson, a granddaughter, Cookie, and six brothers and sisters. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.htm