1934
Sharon
2022
Sharon Clayton Henson
March 29, 1934 — July 28, 2022
SHARON HENSON
Henderson, TN: Sharon Clayton Henson age 88, passed away July 28, 2022 at Henderson Health & Rehabilitation Center.
She was born March 29, 1934 in Finger, TN the daughter of the late Elmo James and Lillian Stewart Clayton. She grew up mostly in Finger and was a graduate of Chester County High School. She also attended U.T. Martin.
She married Jimmy Darwyn Henson on September 17, 1954 and they made their home in Memphis. She was primarily a homemaker while in Memphis.
They returned to Henderson in 1971 and they purchased the Ford Tractor Dealership and operated as Mullins-Henson Ford Tractor and then Henson Tractor, Inc. to the present time. In addition to being a business owner, she also served as bookkeeper.
She served on the Chester County Library Board that helped raise the funds to build the Library on Main Street. She also served on the Bicentennial Committee. She was an excellent seamstress
She was an active member of Palestine Baptist Church and had served as a Sunday School Teacher, wherever they lived.
She loved her family and her home was the gathering place for immediate and extended family during Christmas and Thanksgiving. She loved taking family group pictures.
Mrs. Henson is survived by a son, Daryl Henson and wife Mona of Adamsville and two daughters, Cathy Allen and husband C.E. of Saltillo and Lorrie Butler and husband Philip of Henderson; six grandchildren, Blake Butler, Whitney Blankenship, Matthew Butler, Melissa Perry, Jason Allen and Patrick Taggart; six great grandchildren, Ella Rose Butler, William Butler, Claudia Allen, Cason Allen, Cambree Allen and Bobby Perry and a brother, Larry Clayton and wife Judy of Germantown, TN.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a daughter, Lisa Henson Taggart, a grandson, Samuel Taggart and a sister, Elaine Bolton.
Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Saturday, July 30th at Shackelford Funeral Directors – Crook Avenue with Bro. Anthony Rowland officiating. Burial will follow in Woodville Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at Crook Avenue 12:00 PM until 2:00 PM service time on Saturday.
Shackelford Funeral Directors of Henderson
731-989-2421
Henderson, TN: Sharon Clayton Henson age 88, passed away July 28, 2022 at Henderson Health & Rehabilitation Center.
She was born March 29, 1934 in Finger, TN the daughter of the late Elmo James and Lillian Stewart Clayton. She grew up mostly in Finger and was a graduate of Chester County High School. She also attended U.T. Martin.
She married Jimmy Darwyn Henson on September 17, 1954 and they made their home in Memphis. She was primarily a homemaker while in Memphis.
They returned to Henderson in 1971 and they purchased the Ford Tractor Dealership and operated as Mullins-Henson Ford Tractor and then Henson Tractor, Inc. to the present time. In addition to being a business owner, she also served as bookkeeper.
She served on the Chester County Library Board that helped raise the funds to build the Library on Main Street. She also served on the Bicentennial Committee. She was an excellent seamstress
She was an active member of Palestine Baptist Church and had served as a Sunday School Teacher, wherever they lived.
She loved her family and her home was the gathering place for immediate and extended family during Christmas and Thanksgiving. She loved taking family group pictures.
Mrs. Henson is survived by a son, Daryl Henson and wife Mona of Adamsville and two daughters, Cathy Allen and husband C.E. of Saltillo and Lorrie Butler and husband Philip of Henderson; six grandchildren, Blake Butler, Whitney Blankenship, Matthew Butler, Melissa Perry, Jason Allen and Patrick Taggart; six great grandchildren, Ella Rose Butler, William Butler, Claudia Allen, Cason Allen, Cambree Allen and Bobby Perry and a brother, Larry Clayton and wife Judy of Germantown, TN.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a daughter, Lisa Henson Taggart, a grandson, Samuel Taggart and a sister, Elaine Bolton.
Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Saturday, July 30th at Shackelford Funeral Directors – Crook Avenue with Bro. Anthony Rowland officiating. Burial will follow in Woodville Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at Crook Avenue 12:00 PM until 2:00 PM service time on Saturday.
Shackelford Funeral Directors of Henderson
731-989-2421
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