Gene Hendry

Graveside services for Gene Hendry, 76, of Jacksonville, will be at 2 p.m., Friday, Feb. 23, 2007, at Resthaven Memorial Park, with the Rev. Trampus Black officiating, under the direction of Autry Funeral Home in Jacksonville.

Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park.

Mr. Hendry died Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007, in Jacksonville. He was born Oct. 13, 1930, in Trent. He was a cattle and livestock dealer. He was a member of Woodland Heights Baptist Church and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict.

He is preceded in death by his son, Wade Keith Hendry.

Survivors include his wife, Ann Hendry of Jacksonville; son and daughter-in-law, Gene Kent and Martha Hendry of Jacksonville; grandchildren, Joshua and Angela, Jason and Adam; great-grandchildren, Makala Kate and Emalee Kate; and sister and brother-in-law, Evelyn and Doyle Whitehurst of Longview.

Honorary pallbearers are the men of Woodland Heights Baptist Church, Larry Reneau, Larry Osborn, Sid Danner, Oscar Smith, Alan Johnson, Gilbert Stafford and Parker Stafford.

Visitation will be 6-8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007, at the funeral home.

Information from the Jacksonville Daily Progress.