Donald Paul Henson

Mr. Donald Paul Henson, 66, long-time resident of the Hollywood community of Culleoka, passed away on Monday, June 9, 2008 at Maury Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Edward Murphy officiating. Burial will be in Polk Memorial Gardens with military honors provided by Herbert Griffin American Legion Post 19. The family will visit with friends Wednesday from 4 - 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to The American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 1864, Columbia, TN 38402. Notes of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.oakesandnichols.com. Mr. Henson was born and raised in the Summertown community, the son of the late Clarence E. Henson and Velma Clayton Henson. He served his country aboard the U.S.S. Clymer in the United States Navy. He retired from Occidental Chemical Corporation after 40 years of service. He was a member of the Bethel Church of Christ in the Southport community. His passion was his family. He enjoyed spending time with his wife whether it was home or on short trips without a destination. Their love was a rare true love that could be seen by everyone. He enjoyed fishing trips with his son and grandson as he would provide entertainment in the boat with hilarious stories from his youth. The sparkle in his eye was of his grandson whom he was most proud of; never missing a baseball or basketball game. He was an avid gardener with a love and respect for the land. He was an industrial maintenance mechanic and he passed on much knowledge to his son as they worked on random projects in the shop. He greatly loved his daughter-in-law whom he took in as the daughter he never had. He is survived by his devoted and loving wife of 40 years, Katherine June Underwood Henson of Culleoka; his son and daughter-in-law Anthony Paul "Tony" Henson and Tracy Lynn Westmoreland Henson of Culleoka; grandson, Zachary Paul Henson of Culleoka; three brothers, Rex (Clarissa) Henson and Gary (Jane) Henson both of Columbia, Arnold (Nellyne) Henson of Clarksville; and five sisters, Janet (Skip) Taylor of Nashville, Linda (Charles) Hamilton and Dottie Cooper both of Summertown, Dean Brown of Culleoka and Reba Cole of Columbia. He was preceded in death by a sister, Joyce Lewis and three brothers, Bill Henson, Harlan Henson and Roy Henson. Pallbearers will be Clay Henson, Jeff Henson, W.D. Henson, Donald Cooper, Roger Hamilton, Danny Cole, Dwight Hines and Paul Westmoreland, Jr. Honorary pallbearers will be the former guys in the maintenance department and the Ball Mill at Occidental Chemical Co. and the men of Bethel Church of Christ. The family would like to extend their deepest thanks to the wonderful nurses and staff of Maury Regional Hospital, Dr. Houston Jamison, Dr. Charles Ball and Dr. James Kelley.