Katherine Henderson

Henderson, Katherine, devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother parted from this life into life everlasting on Friday, December 24th. She was born in the Georgetown Community of Newton County, Georgia. She attended West Georgia College in Carrollton, Georgia but left to marry her childhood sweetheart, Carmen Henderson. She later received a B.S. degree in Education from Oglethorpe University and taught in the Cobb County, Georgia school system for over 20 years. She loved God’s Word, her family, music and gardening. She is preceded in death by her loving husband Carmen and her son Phillip. She is survived by her sister, Marion Tanner of Mount Dora, FL; daughters Peggy Hughes of Wetumpka, AL & Nancy Shaver of Atlanta, GA and her precious grandchildren, Jay Hughes, Burke Hughes, Kim Harrison and Amanda Gastineau and their families. Her family would like to express their gratitude for the loving kindness of the staff of Angels for the Elderly, Montgomery, AL. where our Mother was a resident for 6 years. She loved providing medleys of hymns, patriotic tunes and sentimental favorites on the piano before meals and for special programs. Graveside services will be Sunday, December 26, 2010 at 2:00 PM from Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery in Oxford, GA. Caldwell & Cowan Funeral Home Directing