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Glenda Marie (Bethel) Henson

January 11, 1940 ~ June 14, 2012

Glenda Bethel Henson was born in Peoria, IL on January 11, 1940. Her parents were Virgil and Gertie Bethel. Her father was an oilfield welder and he worked in Illinois, Indiana, Texas and Oklahoma early in her life. They moved to Seminole, OK late in 1944. She attended New Lima Elementary and Junior High before they moved to Midwest City in 1952. She graduated from Choctaw High School in 1956 and remains close to her classmates.

She married James Henson in June 1957 shortly before he was drafted. She moved to Laurel, Maryland (Promise Land) while he was stationed there at Ft. George G. Mead until late 1959. Their daughter Lisa Gaye was born in September 1960 in Oklahoma City. She was a church secretary, Oklahoma City Public School secretary before going to OIC of Oklahoma County in 1975. She retired from OIC in 2005 after being the Executive Secretary, Administrative Assistant, Director of Resource Development Teacher and Guidance Counselor. She is a graduate of Rose State Community College and Southern Nazarene University with hours toward a Masters in Community counseling.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Lisa"s father and her late in life companion, Paul S. Eddy Sr.

She is survived by her daughter, Lisa Eddy son in law Paul S. Eddy Jr. daughters Carolyn Griffith, Judy Mullally and Patti Walker, grandson Paul S. Eddy III, Charlie Russell and a host of other relatives. She leaves behind long time companion, her dog Dundee. 

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