A native of Atlanta, GA, Denny attended Grady Highschool followed by The Georgia Institute of Technology and graduated in 1964 with a degree in Industrial Management. He began his career with US Steel and continued in this field selling specialty metal products until his retirement in 2007 from Bayer .
In addition to a long career Denny enjoyed many hobbies and pastimes. He was a knowledgeable and very successful gardener for many years blessing neighbors, friends and family with the overflow of his talents. He enjoyed watching and playing tennis much of his life but honed his skills and became an avid player after age 40 while playing at a high level on an Alta team for many years.
Denny was perhaps most happy on or near the water and spent much of life fishing and boating with his family and friends on Lake Lanier and around Anna Maria Island which was arguably his favorite place on earth. He imparted a love of water sports and fishing to his children and later his grandsons. He taught both his son and daughter by an early age how to cast a rod, bait a hook, clean a fish, and to water ski.
Denny married his highschool sweetheart, Mary, in 1965 and they enjoyed 55 years of married life together. He loved all his family dearly but most prized the title of “Pop” having once said he’d have had more children in order to maximize the grandchildren if he’d only known how wonderful they would be. His grandsons enjoyed annual beach trips with him and their grandmother, known to them as Mama Mar, almost every year of their lives and count those among their fondest memories of their Pop.
Denny is preceded in death by his parents, Edwin and Harriet Henderson and is survived by his wife, Mary Starnes Henderson, his two children Cathy Vining and her husband Brandon, Mark Henderson and his wife Shon; his grandsons Will, Luke, Josh, Noah and Moise; his sister Jeanne Smith; his sister-in-law Betty Sue Strange and her husband John; his cousin Karen Kirby; as well as nieces and nephews, other extended family and his beloved dog Teddy.
There are no immediate service plans. Denny’s immediate family will honor his life and memory with a private service on Anna Maria Island at a later date.
In lieu of flowers the family requests donations made to
I AM ALS
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
#14135
Washington, DC 20044
Denny lost his father and a close family friend to ALS and finding a cure to this disease has always been important to him.
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