Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
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)
Spouses
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)
MarriageDec 26, 194136,269,3, Wade Hensley
Obituary Online notes for Garland Wade HENSLEY
12/6/2007

Wade Hensley 


    ELON — Wade Hensley , 86, of 1408 Elon-Ossipee Road, died on Tuesday, December 4, 2007, at his residence after several years of failing health.
    He was born in Alamance County, son of the late Lew Clifton "L.C." and Mattie Viola Ingle Hensley  and was married for 66 years to Mary Lou Gerringer Hensley , who survives. He was co-owner of Hensley  Hosiery Mill and later became the sole owner and operator of Wade’s  Hosiery Mill. Mr. Hensley  was a member of Shallow Ford Christian Church.
    He is survived by his wife of the home; daughters, Janice Hensley  Kornegay and her husband, Randall, of Burlington and Bonnie Hensley  Page of Elon; grandchildren, Wendy Newsome, Shannon Page Harvey and Christina Marie Newsome; great-grandchildren, Lucas Wade  Newsome and Madison Page Harvey; sisters, Irene Hensley  Hall and her husband, James, of Elon and Irma Hensley  Foust of Gibsonville; and a brother, Russell C. Hensley  and his wife, Betty Mae of Elon.
    He was preceded in death by his parents; and brothers, Vernon, Clyde, J.V. and L. A. Hensley .
    The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Friday 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. Thursday 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, Wade Hensley
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