Nellie Opal Wynn Henderson, 93, of Tifton died Sunday, August 21, 2011, at Golden Living Center. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 24, 2011, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Jason Jones will officiate with a eulogy to be given by Bret Henderson with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Grandsons, Jamy Henderson, Derick Henderson, Bret Henderson, Cliff Henderson, Larry Henderson, Mark Gilbert, Gary Gilbert, Wade Barrett and Richard Cavanaugh, will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, August 23, 2011, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Mrs. Henderson was born on February 26, 1918 in Turner County and was the daughter of James William Wynn and Nancy Jane Alexander Wynn, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Mitchell Henderson; ten siblings, Mattie Wynn, Bertye Cravey, Lee J. Wynn, Clara Westbrook, Elma Picklesimer, Lena Mae Tyson, Jessie Ola Ellis, Clyde Carver, Eva Wood and W. C. Wynn; one granddaughter, Dee Dee H. Cavanaugh; one great-granddaughter, Jennifer Gilbert; and two sons-in-law, Felton Ellerbee and George Luvin. She was a retired secretary from Calhoun Oil Company. She was a member of New River Baptist Church.
Mrs. Henderson is survived by her children, Carolyn Henderson Ellerbee, James Royce Henderson, Sr. and wife Barbara, William Ray Henderson and wife Susan and Wayne Larry Henderson and wife Lynn, all of Tifton and Mildred Henderson Luvin of Americus; two sisters, Lillie Greenwald of Kernsville, North Carolina and Shirley Carr of Tifton; 13 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial gifts be made to Hospice of Tiftarea, P. O. Box 747, Tifton, GA 31793.