Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthSep 1, 1924, Alamance County, North Carolina36,269
DeathMay 27, 2008, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Mary Lou Gerringer Hensley
BurialAlamance Memorial Park, 4039 S Church St, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Mary Lou Gerringer Hensley
FatherJapheth Flannigan GERRINGER (1881-1944)
MotherLelar Belle WARD (1893-1981)
Spouses
BirthDec 1, 1921, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Wade Hensley,470, Wade Hensley
DeathDec 4, 2007, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Wade Hensley
BurialAlamance Memorial Park, 4039 S Church St, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Wade Hensley
ReligionMember Of Shallow Ford Christian Church3, Wade Hensley
MotherMattie Viola INGLE (<1897-1970)
MarriageDec 26, 194136,269,3, Wade Hensley
Obituary Online notes for “Mary Lou” Mary Loutitia Helena GERRINGER
5/28/2008

Mary Lou Gerringer Hensley

    ELON — Mary Lou Gerringer Hensley, 83, of 1408 Elon Ossipee Road, died on Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at the Hospice Home after several years of failing health.

    She was born in Alamance County, and was the wife of Wade Hensley who preceded her in death six months earlier.

Mary Lou was the daughter of the late J. F. Gerringer and Lelar Bell Ward Gerringer.

She and her husband were co-owners of Hensley Hosiery Mill and later became co-owners of Wade’s Hosiery Mill. Mrs. Hensley was a member of Shallow Ford Christian Church and a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

    She is survived by her daughters, Janice Hensley Kornegay and her husband, Randall, of Burlington, and Bonnie Hensley Page of Elon; grandchildren, Wendy Dawn Newsome, Shannon Page Harvey and Christina Marie Newsome; great-grandchildren, Lucas Wade Newsome and Madison Page Harvey; sisters, Addie Bell Shoffner of Graham, and Ianthia Bell LaMarr and her husband, Jack, of Greensboro.

She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; a sister, Margaret Gerringer; and brothers, Cleo and Adrain Gerringer.

    The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 29, 2008, at Shallow Ford Christian Church by Dr. S. Perry and Pastor Howard Thompson with interment to follow at Alamance Memorial Park.
    The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Lowe Funeral Home and Crematory, and other times at the home.

    In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Shallow Ford Christian Church, 1263 Shallowford Church Road, Elon, N.C. 27244 or to Hospice and Palliative Care of Alamance-Caswell, 914 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington, N.C. 27215.

You may sign the online register book at www.lowefuneralhome.com 3, Mary Lou Gerringer Hensley
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