Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
3:24 pm Monday, January 18, 2016

Judith Henson

Judith Henson, 74, passed away Friday, Jan. 15, 2016 at her caregivers residence in Vina. She was born in Tremont to William Gatson and Grace Robinson. She was a mail carrier. She was a member of Golden Chapel United Methodist Church and an active member of the Red Hat Society.

Services were held Monday, Jan. 18, at Golden Chapel United Methodist Church with Bro. Bobby Hankins and Bro. Nathan Hodum officiating. Burial was in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Survivors include two sons, Ronald Keith Henson and wife, Lisa of Douglasville, Ga. and William Taylor Henson of Thaxton, Miss.; one grandson, Jacob Henson; one brother, Charles Robinson and wife, Ann of Mooreville, Miss.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Edward Henson; her parents; two half-brothers. Paul Robinson and Danny Robinson; and one half-sister, Evelyn Osborne.

Pallbearers were John Hampton, Charlie Paden, Tommy Shook and Donnie Epps.

Visitation was Sunday, Jan. 17, at Deaton Funeral Home, Red Bay and was on Monday at Golden Chapel United Methodist Church.

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