-----Original Message----- From: SJWChandler@aol.com <SJWChandler@aol.com> To: HENDERSON-L@rootsweb.com <HENDERSON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 1:21 PM Subject: [HENDERSON] Death of Robert Howard (Bob) Henderson, Sr. >Robert H. Henderson, Greer >Robert H. "Bob" Henderson, 63, of 119 Pinewood Drive, died Sept. 22, 2001, >from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. > >A native of Six Mile, he was the son of Gertude Skelton Henderson of Easley, >and the late Samuel Issac Henderson, and was married to Frances Bishop >Henderson who died with him. He was a member of Fairview Baptist Church, >where he was a Deacon and taught two Sunday School Classes. He helped charter >Greer State Bank where he served as a member of the Board of Directors, and >was a member of Christian Business Men's Club. Mr. Henderson was a retired >Assistant Professor at Limestone College, the former President of Alexanders, >Inc., a former Controller of J.P. Stevens and a U.S. Army veteran-peacetime. > >Surviving in addition to his mother are a son, the Rev. Robert "Bobby" H. >Henderson Jr., of Duncan; two daughters, Karen H. Swofford of Cowpens, and >Gayle H. Hannon of Greer; two sisters, Carol Walsh of Easley, and Joyce >Gillespie of Six Mile; and five grandchildren, Sarah and Krista Swofford of >Cowpens, Jena and Kaycee Hannon of Greer, and Brady Henderson of Duncan. > >Mr. Henderson was predeceased by a grandson, Jordon Swofford. > >Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today, Sept. 25, 2001, at Fairview >Baptist Church, conducted by Dr. Paul Welch, the Rev. Bob Atwell and Sister >Mary Hugh Mauldin. Burial will follow at Wood Memorial Park. > >Pallbearers will be Joe Jackson, R. Dennis Hennett, Richard Nix, Joe Fanning, >Bruce Arrowood, Walt Henderson and Hal Goss. > >The Early Bird Sunday School Class, the Margaret Bishop Sunday School Class, >the Board of Directors of Greer State Bank and the Christian Business Men's >Club will serve as honorary escort. > >The family is at the home of Gayle and Scott Hannon, 2521 Motherwell Drive, >Greer. > >Memorials may be made to Trusting His Vision, Fairview Baptist Church, 1400 >Locust Hill Road, Greer, SC 29651. > >The body will be placed in the church at 10 a.m. today. — The Wood Mortuary, >Inc >