HURST - J.W. "Tex" Henderson, 84, a retired lieutenant colonel from the U.S. Air Force, died Sunday, Oct. 29, 2000, at a Bedford [Tarrant Co] hospital.
Memorial service: 11 a.m. Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church of Hurst. Burial: 10 a.m. Wednesday in Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Lucas Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m.
"Tex" was born on Sept. 17, 1916, in Greenville, where he played on the 1933 state winning Greenville Lions football team. Coached by the legendary Henry Frnka, they won on a hidden ball trick. They were the first high school team to play in the Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day.
He attended Wesley College in Greenville and Austin College in Sherman, as well as the University of Maryland while overseas.
He was a three-war veteran (World War II, Korea and Vietnam) during his 26 years of service in the Air Force. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps at Shepard Field in Wichita Falls. He went through Officer's Candidate School in Miami Beach, Fla. He served overseas in St. Johns, Newfoundland; Kindley AFB, Bermuda; RAF Mildenhall, England; and was in the Occupational Forces in Japan after World War II. Stateside assignments were Springfield, Mass. Albany, Ga., Little Rock, Ark., and Bangor, Me. He spent his Air Force career as Provost Marshall, Deputy Commander of Security, and Law Enforcement.
He also had the sled dogs in Newfoundland and later the K-9 Corps under his command.
He retired as a lieutenant colonel from Altus AFB, Oklahoma in 1964 and moved to Hurst where he also retired from the tax office of the Hurst Euless Bedford Independent School District.
Tex was known as "Mr. Fixit" to family and friends. He loved to collect tools and made sure he had enough to lend. He loved travel and woodworking as well as fishing at his place at Lake Bridgeport.
"Pop" loved spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren and always enjoyed family gatherings. He also sang with a men's chorus in Japan.
Memorials: First United Methodist of Hurst or World War II monument fund in Washington D.C.
He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Leona Nalls Henderson; brother, Billy; and sister, Merle Dugan.
Survivors: His loving wife of 57 years, Juanita; daughters, Pam Burney, and Cheta Dickson and her husband, Tom; grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Jennifer and James Morrison and daughter Hannah Opal; Hondo and Jessie Burney; Jeffery and Tracey Dickson and children Megan Taylor and Robert Andrew Cole.
Lucas Funeral Home Hurst, (817) 284-7271
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Memorial service: 11 a.m. Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church of Hurst. Burial: 10 a.m. Wednesday in Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Lucas Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m.
"Tex" was born on Sept. 17, 1916, in Greenville, where he played on the 1933 state winning Greenville Lions football team. Coached by the legendary Henry Frnka, they won on a hidden ball trick. They were the first high school team to play in the Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day.
He attended Wesley College in Greenville and Austin College in Sherman, as well as the University of Maryland while overseas.
He was a three-war veteran (World War II, Korea and Vietnam) during his 26 years of service in the Air Force. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps at Shepard Field in Wichita Falls. He went through Officer's Candidate School in Miami Beach, Fla. He served overseas in St. Johns, Newfoundland; Kindley AFB, Bermuda; RAF Mildenhall, England; and was in the Occupational Forces in Japan after World War II. Stateside assignments were Springfield, Mass. Albany, Ga., Little Rock, Ark., and Bangor, Me. He spent his Air Force career as Provost Marshall, Deputy Commander of Security, and Law Enforcement.
He also had the sled dogs in Newfoundland and later the K-9 Corps under his command.
He retired as a lieutenant colonel from Altus AFB, Oklahoma in 1964 and moved to Hurst where he also retired from the tax office of the Hurst Euless Bedford Independent School District.
Tex was known as "Mr. Fixit" to family and friends. He loved to collect tools and made sure he had enough to lend. He loved travel and woodworking as well as fishing at his place at Lake Bridgeport.
"Pop" loved spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren and always enjoyed family gatherings. He also sang with a men's chorus in Japan.
Memorials: First United Methodist of Hurst or World War II monument fund in Washington D.C.
He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Leona Nalls Henderson; brother, Billy; and sister, Merle Dugan.
Survivors: His loving wife of 57 years, Juanita; daughters, Pam Burney, and Cheta Dickson and her husband, Tom; grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Jennifer and James Morrison and daughter Hannah Opal; Hondo and Jessie Burney; Jeffery and Tracey Dickson and children Megan Taylor and Robert Andrew Cole.
Lucas Funeral Home Hurst, (817) 284-7271
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Fort Worth, TX
32 Oct 2000
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HURST - J.W. "Tex" Henderson, 84, a retired lieutenant colonel from the U.S. Air Force, died Sunday, Oct. 29, 2000, at a Bedford [Tarrant Co] hospital.
Memorial service: 11 a.m. Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church of Hurst. Burial: 10 a.m. Wednesday in Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Lucas Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m.
"Tex" was born on Sept. 17, 1916, in Greenville, where he played on the 1933 state winning Greenville Lions football team. Coached by the legendary Henry Frnka, they won on a hidden ball trick. They were the first high school team to play in the Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day.
He attended Wesley College in Greenville and Austin College in Sherman, as well as the University of Maryland while overseas.
He was a three-war veteran (World War II, Korea and Vietnam) during his 26 years of service in the Air Force. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps at Shepard Field in Wichita Falls. He went through Officer's Candidate School in Miami Beach, Fla. He served overseas in St. Johns, Newfoundland; Kindley AFB, Bermuda; RAF Mildenhall, England; and was in the Occupational Forces in Japan after World War II. Stateside assignments were Springfield, Mass. Albany, Ga., Little Rock, Ark., and Bangor, Me. He spent his Air Force career as Provost Marshall, Deputy Commander of Security, and Law Enforcement.
He also had the sled dogs in Newfoundland and later the K-9 Corps under his command.
He retired as a lieutenant colonel from Altus AFB, Oklahoma in 1964 and moved to Hurst where he also retired from the tax office of the Hurst Euless Bedford Independent School District.
Tex was known as "Mr. Fixit" to family and friends. He loved to collect tools and made sure he had enough to lend. He loved travel and woodworking as well as fishing at his place at Lake Bridgeport.
"Pop" loved spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren and always enjoyed family gatherings. He also sang with a men's chorus in Japan.
Memorials: First United Methodist of Hurst or World War II monument fund in Washington D.C.
He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Leona Nalls Henderson; brother, Billy; and sister, Merle Dugan.
Survivors: His loving wife of 57 years, Juanita; daughters, Pam Burney, and Cheta Dickson and her husband, Tom; grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Jennifer and James Morrison and daughter Hannah Opal; Hondo and Jessie Burney; Jeffery and Tracey Dickson and children Megan Taylor and Robert Andrew Cole.
Lucas Funeral Home Hurst, (817) 284-7271
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Fort Worth, TX
32 Oct 2000
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Memorial service: 11 a.m. Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church of Hurst. Burial: 10 a.m. Wednesday in Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park. Visitation: noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Lucas Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m.
"Tex" was born on Sept. 17, 1916, in Greenville, where he played on the 1933 state winning Greenville Lions football team. Coached by the legendary Henry Frnka, they won on a hidden ball trick. They were the first high school team to play in the Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day.
He attended Wesley College in Greenville and Austin College in Sherman, as well as the University of Maryland while overseas.
He was a three-war veteran (World War II, Korea and Vietnam) during his 26 years of service in the Air Force. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps at Shepard Field in Wichita Falls. He went through Officer's Candidate School in Miami Beach, Fla. He served overseas in St. Johns, Newfoundland; Kindley AFB, Bermuda; RAF Mildenhall, England; and was in the Occupational Forces in Japan after World War II. Stateside assignments were Springfield, Mass. Albany, Ga., Little Rock, Ark., and Bangor, Me. He spent his Air Force career as Provost Marshall, Deputy Commander of Security, and Law Enforcement.
He also had the sled dogs in Newfoundland and later the K-9 Corps under his command.
He retired as a lieutenant colonel from Altus AFB, Oklahoma in 1964 and moved to Hurst where he also retired from the tax office of the Hurst Euless Bedford Independent School District.
Tex was known as "Mr. Fixit" to family and friends. He loved to collect tools and made sure he had enough to lend. He loved travel and woodworking as well as fishing at his place at Lake Bridgeport.
"Pop" loved spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren and always enjoyed family gatherings. He also sang with a men's chorus in Japan.
Memorials: First United Methodist of Hurst or World War II monument fund in Washington D.C.
He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Leona Nalls Henderson; brother, Billy; and sister, Merle Dugan.
Survivors: His loving wife of 57 years, Juanita; daughters, Pam Burney, and Cheta Dickson and her husband, Tom; grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Jennifer and James Morrison and daughter Hannah Opal; Hondo and Jessie Burney; Jeffery and Tracey Dickson and children Megan Taylor and Robert Andrew Cole.
Lucas Funeral Home Hurst, (817) 284-7271
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Fort Worth, TX
32 Oct 2000
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