Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries



The Fairfield Recorder
2008

Francis Evelyn Henderson

Services were held last weekend for Francis Evelyn Henderson, 75, of Houma, Louisiana 
who died Wednesday, June 18.

Mrs. Henderson was born in Gatesville on Aug. 13, 1932 to Flavel Elmo and Lottie 
Jewell Rucker.

She was a former resident of Fairfield and her hobbies included writing poetry and doing 
genealogical research. She was also a member of the Church of Christ and loved her dog, 
Fancy.

Services were conducted at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 21, at Driver Cemetery with Kern 
Porter of the Fairfield Church of Christ officiating.

Mrs. Henderson is survived by daughter Patsy Diane Henderson; sons Rocky Wayne 
Henderson and wife Judy, Allen Doyle Henderson, Alton Jay Henderson and wife Rosie, 
Dickey Henderson and wife Jennifer, all of Houma, Louisiana; grandchildren Jason 
Henderson and wife Stacy of Houma, Louisiana, Shana Jones and husband Jim of 
Houston, Justin Henderson and wife Holly, Amanda Henderson, Marcus Henderson, 
Thomas Henderson, Jesse Smith, Kayla Smith, and Lana Henderson, all of Houma, 
Louisiana; great-grandchildren Alec Pitre, Hayden Henderson, Hannah Henderson, Karly 
Henderson, Kainan Henderson, Audrey Henderson, Grady Jones, Emmie Jones, and 
Molly Jones; brother Flavel Lee Rucker and wife Shirley of Mesquite; and sisters Alice 
Cartwright and husband Alvin of Teague, Bonnie Gene Manual of Fairfield, and Shirley 
Hunter and husband Ralph of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

She is preceded in death by her parents Flavel Elmo and Lottie Jewell Rucker; husband 
Wesley Wayne Henderson; and sisters Bonnie Jean Manual and Natoma Faye Woodard.

Arrangements were made by Bowers Funeral Home of Teague.