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Carolyn <I>Hairston Blair</I> Henderson

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Carolyn Hairston Blair Henderson

Birth
Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi, USA
Death
25 Jan 2012 (aged 92)
Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
Plot
C Garden of the Last Supper
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GREENVILLE – Funeral services for Carolyn Hairston Blair Henderson, 92, of Greenville will be at 11 a.m., Friday at First United Methodist Church. She died Jan. 25, 2012, at Delta Regional Medical Center. Burial will be at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, under the direction of Boone Funeral Home, Greenville.

She was born June 28, 1919, in Columbus to Ralph Pope Blair and Laura May Hairston Blair/Cotton. She graduated from Steven D. Lee High School in Columbus in 1937. She moved to Greenville in 1955 with her first husband, Hunter Wilson Moorhead and her son, Hunter Hairston Moorhead Sr.

She was an active member of the First United Methodist Church. She was a member of the Belvidere Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of the Confederacy, Huguenot Society, Ligon Family Society, Blair Family Society, National Society of Colonial Dames of the XVII Century. She was a member of a pioneer families in Lowndes County and was a 12th generation American and a 7th generation Mississippian.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Hunter Wilson Moorhead and her second husband, Ernest Broughton Henderson Jr.

She is survived by her son, Hunter Hairston Moorhead Sr. of Arcola; grandson, Hunter Hairston Moorhead Jr. of Washington, D.C.; granddaughter, Dawn Moorhead Trahan (Kenneth) of W. Monroe, La; daughter, Louise Humphreys George (Joseph) of Chattanooga, Tenn.; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Jack and Jennie Henderson of Greenville; eight great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren; and many cousins and relatives.

The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday in the Hope Room of First United Methodist Church. Memorials may be made to the First Methodist Church or to a favorite charity.

Delta Democrat Times
GREENVILLE – Funeral services for Carolyn Hairston Blair Henderson, 92, of Greenville will be at 11 a.m., Friday at First United Methodist Church. She died Jan. 25, 2012, at Delta Regional Medical Center. Burial will be at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, under the direction of Boone Funeral Home, Greenville.

She was born June 28, 1919, in Columbus to Ralph Pope Blair and Laura May Hairston Blair/Cotton. She graduated from Steven D. Lee High School in Columbus in 1937. She moved to Greenville in 1955 with her first husband, Hunter Wilson Moorhead and her son, Hunter Hairston Moorhead Sr.

She was an active member of the First United Methodist Church. She was a member of the Belvidere Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of the Confederacy, Huguenot Society, Ligon Family Society, Blair Family Society, National Society of Colonial Dames of the XVII Century. She was a member of a pioneer families in Lowndes County and was a 12th generation American and a 7th generation Mississippian.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Hunter Wilson Moorhead and her second husband, Ernest Broughton Henderson Jr.

She is survived by her son, Hunter Hairston Moorhead Sr. of Arcola; grandson, Hunter Hairston Moorhead Jr. of Washington, D.C.; granddaughter, Dawn Moorhead Trahan (Kenneth) of W. Monroe, La; daughter, Louise Humphreys George (Joseph) of Chattanooga, Tenn.; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Jack and Jennie Henderson of Greenville; eight great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren; and many cousins and relatives.

The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday in the Hope Room of First United Methodist Church. Memorials may be made to the First Methodist Church or to a favorite charity.

Delta Democrat Times


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  • Created by: Mack Slade
  • Added: Feb 1, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84311921/carolyn-henderson: accessed ), memorial page for Carolyn Hairston Blair Henderson (28 Jun 1919–25 Jan 2012), Find a Grave Memorial ID 84311921, citing Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Mack Slade (contributor 47169935).