Salome “Jean” Hendry died on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 in Melbourne, FL. She was 84 years old.
Jean was born in a small house in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on September 20, 1935. Jean was a lover of dance her whole life. She even spent some of her younger years, in the 1960s and 1970s, working as a dancer. In the 1970s, Jean also owned and operated her own business, a jazz club, in Memphis, Tennessee - where she lived most of her adult life. Later in life, Jean was an independent, cross-country truck driver. Eventually moving to Florida in 2016, Jean lived her final years in Melbourne, Florida
Jean is survived by one son, Harold Hicks (Memphis, Tennessee) and two daughters: Tamie Hicks (Fort Meyers, Florida) and Jamie Oldham (Cocoa, Florida). She also leaves behind five grandchildren and four great grandchildren.