Jimmy Larry Henderson

JIMMY LARRY HENDERSON, 76, of Allgood, passed away on Feb. 18, 2024, following a lengthy illness.

He is preceded in death by parents William Ervin and Ernie Inez Strickland Henderson; son Jamie Allen Henderson; and brother Harold Bruce Henderson. He is survived by wife Valra Waid Henderson; children Jimmie Lou Henderson Griffin, Angela Kay Henderson, and Lucas Henderson; grandsons Jonathan and Jarrett Griffin; brother Jackie Henderson (Pam); and sisters Judy Henderson Butts (Paul) and Sue Tidwell.

He attended Oneonta Second Baptist Church and was a PFC in the United States Marine Corps.

Funeral was Feb. 22, 2024, at Oneonta Second Baptist Church with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Dale Young, James Morris, and Jarrett Griffin officiated.

Asked to serve as pallbearers were Robert Wallace, Bryan Ratliff, Gary Stidham, Larry Singleton, Homer Young, Steve Faulkner, and Valice Robertson. Lemlely Funeral Home officiated.

Truck-Driving Man by Valra Henderson

While you're driving down the freeway,

Do you see the freightliner entitled Ofusa?

Inside there's a guy with salt and pepper hair.

What's he doing up there?

What does he see?

Smiling children with eyes saying, "Look at me."

He looks again and smiles

Which will linger for miles and miles.

Children signal for him to toot the horn.

In that moment, trust is born.

And so he does and thinks of his own.

Wondering about them while he's miles from home.

He misses his family, friends, and TV.

But on the road, he has freight and CB.

A car accident claimed his mom when he was 10.

On the road, he relives it again and again.

Taught in the Marines to be the few and proud.

On the road, with freedom greatly endowed.