BIOGRAPHY FOR REV. THOMAS LEE HENDRICKS, SR. (B. 16 JUL 1934, D. 07 JAN 1984)
Rev. Thomas "Tommy" Lee Hendricks was born July 16, 1934 to Rev. Charles Thomas Hendricks (1903-1965) and Edna Loree Bowen Hendricks (1907-1987). Tommy was a devout Christian and was an ordained Reverend of the Baptist Church. He married and several years after the birth of his two sons Thomas Lee Hendricks, Jr. and James Michael Hendricks his wife divorced him. This writer currently does not know the name of his surviving ex-wife. He was called "Tommy or Tommie" by many of his contemporaries. He was preceded in death by his father, Reverend Charles Thomas Hendricks. He was survived by his ex-wife, two sons, named above, and his mother. "Tommie" is well remembered by this writer, his first cousin, born 1 year and 2 days before him. As a pre-teenager, and later as a teenager, he was extremely careful to never miss attending "Sunday School," even when he was visiting relatives in South Georgia, hundreds of miles from his home in Norfolk, Virginia, he would find a Christian/Protestant Church, usually Baptist or Methodist, and go to the Sunday School Class and get a written certificate from the teacher to take back to his home Church to prove his attendance. His father, was a Reverend of the Baptist faith and he encouraged both Tommie and his sister, Alice, to try never to miss "Sunday School."
I recall the time when Tommie was eleven (11), he and her sister, Alice" spent part of the summer of 1946 (Month of August and part of September) with my family - We were first cousins, his mother was my father's younger sister. There were seven (7) of us children, for I have six (6) siblings, Harold, Alfred, Marty, myself (Kenneth), Randy, Charles(same age as Alice), and Marguerite (1-1/2 years younger than Alice). Both, Alice and Tommie, loved boiled peanuts. One morning, we all decided to go pick off about 2 bushels of green peanuts so my Mother could boil them and there would be enough for all to eat as much as each wanted. We fetched a few buckets and Alice, Tommie and myself (Kenneth), Randy, Charles, Marguerite and Alfred set out walking to the Peanut field. The Peanut field was only about 400 to 500 yards from our country home. As we were walking through the middle of the field, Cousin Tommie said, "How much further is it to the Peanut field." We all doubled over with laughter, because we were already walking inside the Peanut field, and were just looking for an ideal place to begin pulling up the peanut plants and then pick off the peanuts. Tommie, after realizing the reason we were all laughing, explained that he thought peanuts grew on vines above the ground, as grapes do. We then showed him that the vines or plants must be pulled up for the peanuts grew beneath the ground. He was astonished.
This biography is a WORK IN PROGRESS, written 23 SEP 2018, by William Kenneth Bowen, first cousin of the deceased. Updates will by posted as new information is received and verified from his extended family members.
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Rev. Thomas "Tommy" Lee Hendricks was born July 16, 1934 to Rev. Charles Thomas Hendricks (1903-1965) and Edna Loree Bowen Hendricks (1907-1987). Tommy was a devout Christian and was an ordained Reverend of the Baptist Church. He married and several years after the birth of his two sons Thomas Lee Hendricks, Jr. and James Michael Hendricks his wife divorced him. This writer currently does not know the name of his surviving ex-wife. He was called "Tommy or Tommie" by many of his contemporaries. He was preceded in death by his father, Reverend Charles Thomas Hendricks. He was survived by his ex-wife, two sons, named above, and his mother. "Tommie" is well remembered by this writer, his first cousin, born 1 year and 2 days before him. As a pre-teenager, and later as a teenager, he was extremely careful to never miss attending "Sunday School," even when he was visiting relatives in South Georgia, hundreds of miles from his home in Norfolk, Virginia, he would find a Christian/Protestant Church, usually Baptist or Methodist, and go to the Sunday School Class and get a written certificate from the teacher to take back to his home Church to prove his attendance. His father, was a Reverend of the Baptist faith and he encouraged both Tommie and his sister, Alice, to try never to miss "Sunday School."
I recall the time when Tommie was eleven (11), he and her sister, Alice" spent part of the summer of 1946 (Month of August and part of September) with my family - We were first cousins, his mother was my father's younger sister. There were seven (7) of us children, for I have six (6) siblings, Harold, Alfred, Marty, myself (Kenneth), Randy, Charles(same age as Alice), and Marguerite (1-1/2 years younger than Alice). Both, Alice and Tommie, loved boiled peanuts. One morning, we all decided to go pick off about 2 bushels of green peanuts so my Mother could boil them and there would be enough for all to eat as much as each wanted. We fetched a few buckets and Alice, Tommie and myself (Kenneth), Randy, Charles, Marguerite and Alfred set out walking to the Peanut field. The Peanut field was only about 400 to 500 yards from our country home. As we were walking through the middle of the field, Cousin Tommie said, "How much further is it to the Peanut field." We all doubled over with laughter, because we were already walking inside the Peanut field, and were just looking for an ideal place to begin pulling up the peanut plants and then pick off the peanuts. Tommie, after realizing the reason we were all laughing, explained that he thought peanuts grew on vines above the ground, as grapes do. We then showed him that the vines or plants must be pulled up for the peanuts grew beneath the ground. He was astonished.
This biography is a WORK IN PROGRESS, written 23 SEP 2018, by William Kenneth Bowen, first cousin of the deceased. Updates will by posted as new information is received and verified from his extended family members.
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BIOGRAPHY FOR REV. THOMAS LEE HENDRICKS, SR. (B. 16 JUL 1934, D. 07 JAN 1984)
Rev. Thomas "Tommy" Lee Hendricks was born July 16, 1934 to Rev. Charles Thomas Hendricks (1903-1965) and Edna Loree Bowen Hendricks (1907-1987). Tommy was a devout Christian and was an ordained Reverend of the Baptist Church. He married and several years after the birth of his two sons Thomas Lee Hendricks, Jr. and James Michael Hendricks his wife divorced him. This writer currently does not know the name of his surviving ex-wife. He was called "Tommy or Tommie" by many of his contemporaries. He was preceded in death by his father, Reverend Charles Thomas Hendricks. He was survived by his ex-wife, two sons, named above, and his mother. "Tommie" is well remembered by this writer, his first cousin, born 1 year and 2 days before him. As a pre-teenager, and later as a teenager, he was extremely careful to never miss attending "Sunday School," even when he was visiting relatives in South Georgia, hundreds of miles from his home in Norfolk, Virginia, he would find a Christian/Protestant Church, usually Baptist or Methodist, and go to the Sunday School Class and get a written certificate from the teacher to take back to his home Church to prove his attendance. His father, was a Reverend of the Baptist faith and he encouraged both Tommie and his sister, Alice, to try never to miss "Sunday School."
I recall the time when Tommie was eleven (11), he and her sister, Alice" spent part of the summer of 1946 (Month of August and part of September) with my family - We were first cousins, his mother was my father's younger sister. There were seven (7) of us children, for I have six (6) siblings, Harold, Alfred, Marty, myself (Kenneth), Randy, Charles(same age as Alice), and Marguerite (1-1/2 years younger than Alice). Both, Alice and Tommie, loved boiled peanuts. One morning, we all decided to go pick off about 2 bushels of green peanuts so my Mother could boil them and there would be enough for all to eat as much as each wanted. We fetched a few buckets and Alice, Tommie and myself (Kenneth), Randy, Charles, Marguerite and Alfred set out walking to the Peanut field. The Peanut field was only about 400 to 500 yards from our country home. As we were walking through the middle of the field, Cousin Tommie said, "How much further is it to the Peanut field." We all doubled over with laughter, because we were already walking inside the Peanut field, and were just looking for an ideal place to begin pulling up the peanut plants and then pick off the peanuts. Tommie, after realizing the reason we were all laughing, explained that he thought peanuts grew on vines above the ground, as grapes do. We then showed him that the vines or plants must be pulled up for the peanuts grew beneath the ground. He was astonished.
This biography is a WORK IN PROGRESS, written 23 SEP 2018, by William Kenneth Bowen, first cousin of the deceased. Updates will by posted as new information is received and verified from his extended family members.
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Rev. Thomas "Tommy" Lee Hendricks was born July 16, 1934 to Rev. Charles Thomas Hendricks (1903-1965) and Edna Loree Bowen Hendricks (1907-1987). Tommy was a devout Christian and was an ordained Reverend of the Baptist Church. He married and several years after the birth of his two sons Thomas Lee Hendricks, Jr. and James Michael Hendricks his wife divorced him. This writer currently does not know the name of his surviving ex-wife. He was called "Tommy or Tommie" by many of his contemporaries. He was preceded in death by his father, Reverend Charles Thomas Hendricks. He was survived by his ex-wife, two sons, named above, and his mother. "Tommie" is well remembered by this writer, his first cousin, born 1 year and 2 days before him. As a pre-teenager, and later as a teenager, he was extremely careful to never miss attending "Sunday School," even when he was visiting relatives in South Georgia, hundreds of miles from his home in Norfolk, Virginia, he would find a Christian/Protestant Church, usually Baptist or Methodist, and go to the Sunday School Class and get a written certificate from the teacher to take back to his home Church to prove his attendance. His father, was a Reverend of the Baptist faith and he encouraged both Tommie and his sister, Alice, to try never to miss "Sunday School."
I recall the time when Tommie was eleven (11), he and her sister, Alice" spent part of the summer of 1946 (Month of August and part of September) with my family - We were first cousins, his mother was my father's younger sister. There were seven (7) of us children, for I have six (6) siblings, Harold, Alfred, Marty, myself (Kenneth), Randy, Charles(same age as Alice), and Marguerite (1-1/2 years younger than Alice). Both, Alice and Tommie, loved boiled peanuts. One morning, we all decided to go pick off about 2 bushels of green peanuts so my Mother could boil them and there would be enough for all to eat as much as each wanted. We fetched a few buckets and Alice, Tommie and myself (Kenneth), Randy, Charles, Marguerite and Alfred set out walking to the Peanut field. The Peanut field was only about 400 to 500 yards from our country home. As we were walking through the middle of the field, Cousin Tommie said, "How much further is it to the Peanut field." We all doubled over with laughter, because we were already walking inside the Peanut field, and were just looking for an ideal place to begin pulling up the peanut plants and then pick off the peanuts. Tommie, after realizing the reason we were all laughing, explained that he thought peanuts grew on vines above the ground, as grapes do. We then showed him that the vines or plants must be pulled up for the peanuts grew beneath the ground. He was astonished.
This biography is a WORK IN PROGRESS, written 23 SEP 2018, by William Kenneth Bowen, first cousin of the deceased. Updates will by posted as new information is received and verified from his extended family members.
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