This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Henderson, Keith, Quattlebaum, Black, DeBarge, Holtzman Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3473 Message Board Post: Bessie M. Keith Henderson June 17, 1914 - Oct. 9, 2005 Bessie M. Keith Henderson, 91, of Hull, died Sunday, Oct. 9, 2005, at the San Jacinto Methodist Hospital Alexander Campus. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel in Dayton, with graveside services at 4 p.m. Thursday, at the Cedarvale Cemetery in Bay City. Visitation will be from 5 until 9 p.m. Wednesday, at the funeral home. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Bessie was born June 17, 1914 in Edna, to parents, Martin L. and Nancy Leona Quattlebaum Keith. A former resident of Bay City and Lawrence, Kansas, Bessie was presently a resident of the Hull-Daisetta area. She was a homemaker, member of the United Pentecostal Church, and enjoyed reading her Bible, listening to gospel music, crocheting and quilting. Mrs. Henderson was preceded in death by: her father, Martin Looper Keith; mother, Nancy Leona Quattlebaum Black; husband, John D. Henderson; son, James “J.D.” Henderson; brothers, Thomas and John Henry; and sisters, Josephine and Lillian. She is survived by: her daughters, Joyce DeBarge and husband Sonny of Hull, and Aline Holtzman and husband J. of Lawrence, Kansas; sons, John E. Henderson and wife Myrtle of Houston, Ken Henderson of Livermore, California, and Levy Henderson and wife Peggy of Greenville, South Carolina; brothers, William B. Keith and James Black; 13 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Bay City Tribune October 12, 2005 Matagorda County, Texas