Vance Hennington

Vance Hennington, 80, died at 9 a.m. Tuesday in Plains Memorial Hospital in Dimmitt after a lengthy illness.

Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Rest Lawn Memorial Park with the Rev. H.W. Bartlett, pastor of the Temple Baptist Church, officiating. Services will be under the direction of Gililland-Watson Funeral Home.

Born Oct. 8, 1904, in Eastland County, he married Neva Wyer on Sept. 7, 1924, in Fort Sumner, N.M. He moved to Deaf Smith County from Castro County in 1937. He a [sic] farmer and rancher.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Robert of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Carl of Lovington, N.M.; five brothers, Jess of Hereford, I.J. of Roswell, N.M., Johnny of Fort Worth, Loy of Carlsbad, N.M., and Orvis of Lovington, N.M.; a sister, Mrs. H.D. Porter of Ulysses, Kan.; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

(Published in The Hereford Brand, 84th Year, No. 124, Hereford, Tx., Deaf Smith County, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 1984, Page 2)
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Leo Vance Henington
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 37
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 8 Oct 1904
Birth Place: Eastland, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Employer: James C Gilliland
Height: 5 8
Weight: 150
Complexion: Dark
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Hazel
Next of Kin: T C Hennington
Household Members: 1

Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Leo Hennington
Death Date: 25 Dec 1984
Death County: Castro
Gender: Male

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: L. Hennington
Birth Date: 8 Oct 1904
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: Texas
Last Residence: 79045, Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: Dec 1984