Although named after her mother at the time of her birth on June 9, 1889, Mary Effie Henley was always called Mollie. She was the last of eleven children born to Micajah (Mike) Henley and Mary Ann Abbagail Thomasson and the third little girl. Mollie was the pet of the family as her two sisters were teenagers when she was born.
The D. C. Henderson family moved to the Red Oak community from Chesterfield, South Carolina, about 1900 to work in the turpentine business. The family was active in the Baptist Church, and it was probably here that their eldest son, Joseph Luke Henderson, first met Mollie Henley. Only a year apart in age, they would have been about ten years old when the Hendersons first moved to the community and would have been playmates before becoming sweethearts. During their courting days Luke drove a handsome horse and buggy. One Sunday afternoon when they were dressed in then Sunday best, they had their picture made.
Joseph Luke Henderson and Mary Effie Henley were married on
December 11, 1910, and set up housekeeping in the Red Oak community where Luke farmed and worked in the turpentine business. Two children were born during the first five years of their marriage. Then only son, Clandy Shelton Henderson, was born February 28, 1913, and then only daughter, Exie Henderson, was born March 12, 1915.
Mollie stayed in then home after her husband's death and would visit with her two children. She was always a homemaker and enjoyed her home. She loved flowers and kept her porch lined with beautiful pot plants. She survived her husband eighteen years and managed to take care of herself until the last few years of her life when her health and memory began to deteriorate. She entered the Ft. Walton Beach Nursing Facility where she died December 17, 1981. She was buried beside her husband in the Red Oak Cemetery.
(Thomasson Traces, Narrative of the Thomasson Family 1677-1995) Volume II By Curtis H. Thomasson and Marjorie B. Malloy)
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Find A Grave contributor TAYLOR, 2/2013
The D. C. Henderson family moved to the Red Oak community from Chesterfield, South Carolina, about 1900 to work in the turpentine business. The family was active in the Baptist Church, and it was probably here that their eldest son, Joseph Luke Henderson, first met Mollie Henley. Only a year apart in age, they would have been about ten years old when the Hendersons first moved to the community and would have been playmates before becoming sweethearts. During their courting days Luke drove a handsome horse and buggy. One Sunday afternoon when they were dressed in then Sunday best, they had their picture made.
Joseph Luke Henderson and Mary Effie Henley were married on
December 11, 1910, and set up housekeeping in the Red Oak community where Luke farmed and worked in the turpentine business. Two children were born during the first five years of their marriage. Then only son, Clandy Shelton Henderson, was born February 28, 1913, and then only daughter, Exie Henderson, was born March 12, 1915.
Mollie stayed in then home after her husband's death and would visit with her two children. She was always a homemaker and enjoyed her home. She loved flowers and kept her porch lined with beautiful pot plants. She survived her husband eighteen years and managed to take care of herself until the last few years of her life when her health and memory began to deteriorate. She entered the Ft. Walton Beach Nursing Facility where she died December 17, 1981. She was buried beside her husband in the Red Oak Cemetery.
(Thomasson Traces, Narrative of the Thomasson Family 1677-1995) Volume II By Curtis H. Thomasson and Marjorie B. Malloy)
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Find A Grave contributor TAYLOR, 2/2013
Although named after her mother at the time of her birth on June 9, 1889, Mary Effie Henley was always called Mollie. She was the last of eleven children born to Micajah (Mike) Henley and Mary Ann Abbagail Thomasson and the third little girl. Mollie was the pet of the family as her two sisters were teenagers when she was born.
The D. C. Henderson family moved to the Red Oak community from Chesterfield, South Carolina, about 1900 to work in the turpentine business. The family was active in the Baptist Church, and it was probably here that their eldest son, Joseph Luke Henderson, first met Mollie Henley. Only a year apart in age, they would have been about ten years old when the Hendersons first moved to the community and would have been playmates before becoming sweethearts. During their courting days Luke drove a handsome horse and buggy. One Sunday afternoon when they were dressed in then Sunday best, they had their picture made.
Joseph Luke Henderson and Mary Effie Henley were married on
December 11, 1910, and set up housekeeping in the Red Oak community where Luke farmed and worked in the turpentine business. Two children were born during the first five years of their marriage. Then only son, Clandy Shelton Henderson, was born February 28, 1913, and then only daughter, Exie Henderson, was born March 12, 1915.
Mollie stayed in then home after her husband's death and would visit with her two children. She was always a homemaker and enjoyed her home. She loved flowers and kept her porch lined with beautiful pot plants. She survived her husband eighteen years and managed to take care of herself until the last few years of her life when her health and memory began to deteriorate. She entered the Ft. Walton Beach Nursing Facility where she died December 17, 1981. She was buried beside her husband in the Red Oak Cemetery.
(Thomasson Traces, Narrative of the Thomasson Family 1677-1995) Volume II By Curtis H. Thomasson and Marjorie B. Malloy)
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Find A Grave contributor TAYLOR, 2/2013
The D. C. Henderson family moved to the Red Oak community from Chesterfield, South Carolina, about 1900 to work in the turpentine business. The family was active in the Baptist Church, and it was probably here that their eldest son, Joseph Luke Henderson, first met Mollie Henley. Only a year apart in age, they would have been about ten years old when the Hendersons first moved to the community and would have been playmates before becoming sweethearts. During their courting days Luke drove a handsome horse and buggy. One Sunday afternoon when they were dressed in then Sunday best, they had their picture made.
Joseph Luke Henderson and Mary Effie Henley were married on
December 11, 1910, and set up housekeeping in the Red Oak community where Luke farmed and worked in the turpentine business. Two children were born during the first five years of their marriage. Then only son, Clandy Shelton Henderson, was born February 28, 1913, and then only daughter, Exie Henderson, was born March 12, 1915.
Mollie stayed in then home after her husband's death and would visit with her two children. She was always a homemaker and enjoyed her home. She loved flowers and kept her porch lined with beautiful pot plants. She survived her husband eighteen years and managed to take care of herself until the last few years of her life when her health and memory began to deteriorate. She entered the Ft. Walton Beach Nursing Facility where she died December 17, 1981. She was buried beside her husband in the Red Oak Cemetery.
(Thomasson Traces, Narrative of the Thomasson Family 1677-1995) Volume II By Curtis H. Thomasson and Marjorie B. Malloy)
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Find A Grave contributor TAYLOR, 2/2013
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