Hephzibah, GA—Mr. Edward Michael Henderson Jr., 89, entered into rest on Sunday, February 24, 2019.
Mr. Henderson was very adventurous. In his younger days, he used to sit and watch the trains pass by on the tracks and wonder where they were going. His first adventures started when he joined the United States Army. He served in the Korean War, worked as the first paratrooper and also worked as a military police officer in the Army.
Mr. Henderson is preceded in death by his parents, Edward and Rose Henderson; and brother, Raymond Henderson. Survivors include his loving wife of 65 years, Masayo Henderson; daughter, Katrina Henderson and her family; siblings, Rose Ann McLauren (Greene), Shirley Henderson, Patricia Logan, Bennie Henderson (Zeanie), Carol Ann Jones and Christina Payne; sister-in-law, Brenda Henderson; and very close family friend, Elly Chapman.
A memorial service will be held at 3pm, on Thursday, February 28, 2019 at the Lumpkin Road Chapel of Elliott Sons Funeral Home.