Wanda was born to Callie Gwendolyn Landrum Hunt and John Tillman Hunt. Callie Hunt was a housewife and John Hunt was an accomplished attorney, practicing law in Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Wanda is preceded in death by her husband and lifetime love, Brig Gen Edward James Kendricks (USAF), mother Callie Hunt, father, John Tillman Hunt, sister, Sylvia M. Hunt Kohlman, niece, Kirby Kohlman Herrin. Sister-in-law, Helen Kendricks Eckert and Carl Eckert, Alpena, Michigan, Brother in law, Ralph Kendricks and Harriet Kendricks, niece and nephew George and Jane Kendricks, and nephew Tom Kendricks, All of Marquette, Michigan. Callie and John Hunt moved their two girls, to Muskogee, Oklahoma where they grew up and finished high school. Wanda was a cheerleader, Leader of the Hot Peppers Drill Team and she was a track star. Wanda became a ballet instructor and moved to San Antonio, Texas where she was ladies sportswear buyer for Frost Brothers Dept store for several years. While attending a dinner party at Peacock Military Academy in San Antonio she met Edward J. Kendricks who was both a psychiatrist and a surgeon in the USAF. Wanda and Ed enjoyed horseback riding in the Hill country with their close friends at Peacock Military Academy. They married May 5, 1942 and after a brief honeymoon in Ft Meyers, Florida, Ed went to Cairo Egypt. He was the flight surgeon for the 9th Air Force during WWII. While waiting for WWII to end, Wanda went to art school in Dallas, Texas and became a very gifted painter of landscapes in both oil and water color. She put her paintbrush down in 1945 when Edward returned from war. Her wonderful landscapes are highly prized and sought after even today. She also did charity work and worked as a Grey Lady; working with wounded soldiers and teaching basket weaving. After WWII Ed was stationed at the Pentagon in Washington DC and was promoted to Brig General. Wanda became the President of the National Air Force Officers wives Club. How fitting that Wanda's first interior decorating job was furnishing the Day Room for wounded soldiers home from Korea at Andrews AFB in Washington, DC. Later Ed became the Commandant of The School of Aviation Medicine, Randolph AFB, Texas, where he directed the Space Medicine Program, which later became known as NASA/The Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas. Upon Edward's death in 1956 Wanda joined Colonel and Mrs. Johnny Kilburn in Europe and she and Winnie Kilburn went to art school in Italy to learn mosaics. Upon returning home to the US, Wanda attended the New York School of Interior Design and became an Interior Designer and a member of NAID. In 1957 Wanda came to Houston and joined Olene Waggoner Interiors as an Interior Designer and the rest is Houston history. One of her doctors recently stated, "Wanda has decorated all the finest homes in Houston". She had a very special gift of making everything beautiful, and in perfect harmony. She loved her work and later joined Harris Furniture Studio. Her designing career spanned more than 45 yrs. She renewed her commitment to Jesus Christ in 1958 and she said that God's love inspired her and her work, and that He was her new partner in life. Wanda also helped build churches in the interior of Mexico and enjoyed working missionary trips to Mexico and Haiti. Wanda is survived by her nieces and nephews who called her their "Aunt Wanda". Natalie Kohlman Foster, Tomball, Texas, Linda Kendricks Peterson and Doctor Robert Peterson, Laura Peterson Bolyard and Jeffrey Bolyard, Zachary Bolyard, and Amber Bolyard, Kimberly Peterson Poole and Erick Poole, Jacob Poole, and Courtney Poole, all of Leesburg, Virginia. Janet Kendricks Perret and Roger Perret, Lena, Wisconsin. and Kirby H. Bremer, Houston, Texas. Wanda also leaves behind special friends Grace the Standard Poodle and Kelly the Honorary Poodle. Wanda brought so much love, joy, grace, beauty and wisdom to her family and to all who she came in contact with in her everyday living. She was a perfect example of The Virtuous Woman in Proverbs.