LaNella Hensley

SERVICES: 2:00 PM Saturday, December 17, 2005, at the Durham Community Building in Durham, Oklahoma, with Rev. Rick Parnell, associate pastor of the Central Baptist Church of Pampa, and Rev. Ray Smart, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Durham, officiating.BURIAL: Fairview Cemetery in Durham, Oklahoma, under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa.BIOGRAPHY: Miss Hensley was born November 28, 1940 in Crawford, Oklahoma, to Leslie Landon Hensley & Kate Ella Jones Hensley. She lived in Crawford until the family moved to Durham, Oklahoma in 1957. She attended school in Durham until the school's closing in 1958, and transferred to Reydon, Oklahoma, where she graduated in 1960. She had been a resident of Pampa since 1964, working for Marie Foundation and Cabot Corporation, retiring from Cabot in 1999. She was involved in many activities and community organizations, including Meals on Wheels, the American Business Women's Association, Durham Quilting Bees, Durham Willing Workers Club. She was a member of the Central Baptist Church in Pampa. She was preceded in death by her mother, Kate Ella Hensley in 1946, and her father, Leslie Landon Hensley in 1991.SURVIVORS: 3 Brothers: Marvin Hensley & wife Eltha of Pampa, Morris Hensley & wife Francis of Killeen, and Wilbur Hensley & wife Eva of Raywood. 2 nephews, 6 nieces, many great nephews, great nieces and cousins. 1 Aunt: Erma Hensley of Cheyenne, Oklahoma. 1 Uncle: Bill Jones of Dumas. MEMORIALS: First Baptist Church, Rt.1, Box 5, Durham, Oklahoma 73642