Letitia Smith Henson

LETITIA GREENE-HENSON PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY ON SUNDAY MARCH 8, 2015 IN WINSTON SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA.

LETITIA, LOVINGLY KNOWN AS TISHA, WAS BORN ON JULY 21, 1949 TO THE LATE DORA AND JOHNNIE GREENE IN KINSTON, NORTH CAROLINA. AS A CHILD, LETITIA WAS BAPTISED AND ATTENDED CHURCH AT ST. JOHNS FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH. LETITIA STRONGLY BELIEVED IN THE VALUE AND IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION. SHE ATTENDED ADKIN HIGH SCHOOL IN KINSTON NORTH CAROLINA, AND WINSTON SALEM UNIVERSITY WHERE SHE GRADUATED WITH A BACHELORS DEGREE IN 1972.

SHORTLY AFTER GRADUATING, LETITIA MOVED TO BROOKLYN NY WHERE SHE WAS MARRIED AND BECAME A LOVING MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER. LETITIA WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT HER FAMILY AND STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF TOGETHERNESS AND SHARING STRONG FAMILY VALUES.

LETITIA WAS KNOWN FOR HER PERSUASIVE, CHARISMATIC AND OUTGOING PERSONALITY. LETITIA WAS A CONVERSATIONALIST AND COULD STRIKE UP A CONVERSATION WITH ANYONE. DURING HER LIFETIME, LETITIA WHO LOVED PEOPLE, SERVED SEVERAL YEARS AS A DAYCARE TEACHER, CASE WORKER AND LATER NEW YORK CITY PROBATION OFFICER UNTIL HER RETIREMENT IN 2010.

LETITIA TRULY ENJOYED LIFE AND ALL IT HAD TO OFFER. LETITIA TRAVELED, ENJOYED SEWING, LAUGHING AND BEING UNKNOWINGLY COMEDIC. SHE LOVED WORKING OUT, LISTENING TO MUSIC AND OF COURSE COOKING. SHE HAD A HEART OF GOLD AND WAS A DEVOTED FRIEND TO THOSE CLOSE TO HER.

LETITIA WAS A WOMAN OF STRONG FAITH AND DID NOT MIND SHARING WHAT THE LORD HAD DONE IN HER LIFE. DURING TIMES OF JOY AND STRESS SHE WAS KNOWN TO CALL UPON HIM. LETITIA LOVED CHURCH AND SINGING GODS PRAISES, BUT MOST OF ALL SHE LOVED THE LORD. UNTIL HER DEATH, LETITIA WAS A MEMBER OF CHRIST FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH.

LETITIA LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORIES HER TWO PRECIOUS DAUGHTERS: JENNIFER LEE AND LATISHA HENSON, TWO GRANDCHILDREN: ASHLYNN AND MATTHEW LEE BANKS, ONE BROTHER: WILLIAM SMITH, TWO SISTERS: CLARISSA MUMFORD AND EDNA OWUSUSEKYERO, A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS, COUSINS, AND MANY SPECIAL CLOSE FRIENDS. LETITIA ALSO LEAVES BEHIND HER TWO BELOVED SISTERS AND BEST FRIENDS CARRIE WASHINGTON AND DEBORAH BRAZIER. ALONG WITH ALL THOSE MENTIONED LET US NOT FORGET GRAMPS HER PRECIOUS PUP WHOM SHE LOVED LIKE A CHILD.

VISITATION WILL BE HELD AT CHRIST BAPTIST CHURCH, 11 SUMPTER STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11223. VISITATION WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 11AM-12PM ON TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2015. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD FOLLWING THE VISITATION FROM 12PM-1PM.