In Loving Memory

Peggy Joyce Henderson

10/5/1928 — 5/9/2020

Clayton-Thompson

A Life Remembered

Obituary

Peggy Rising Henderson, 91, passed away of natural causes on Mother's Day morning at her daughter's home in Galveston, Texas. Born in Port Arthur, Peggy was a 1945 graduate of St. James High School and of Baptist Hospital Nursing School. She was an RN at St. Mary Hospital for many years, and was a Eucharistic Minister for St. James Church.

Peggy was preceded in death by her husband, Tom, and her son, Lynn.

Survivors include: daughter, Lodie Massey and son-in-law, Jack Massey, son Glen Henderson; grandchildren, Jessica and Todd Holt, Beau and Meagan Bunce, TJ and Kayla Henderson, Starsha Henderson, and Christina Worthington; great grandchildren Jackson, Masen, Hunter, Colton, Ashley, Bradley, and Scott and many beloved nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be held at Clayton Thompson Funeral Home in Groves on Thursday, May 14, 2020 from 11:30 AM till 1:45 PM with graveside services to follow at 2:00 PM in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Memorials in Peggy's name may be made to St. James Church or Hospice Care Team ( www.hospicecareteam.org ).

Service Details

Gatherings in remembrance

Visitation

Thursday, May 14, 2020 · 11:30 AM – 1:45 PM

Clayton Thompson Funeral Directors, 5200 West Parkway Street, Groves, 77619

Graveside Service

Thursday, May 14, 2020 · 2:00 PM

Greenlawn Memorial Park, 3900 Twin City Highway, Groves, 77619

Burial

Thursday, May 14, 2020 · 2:30 PM

Greenlawn Memorial Park, 3900 Twin City Highway, Groves, 77619

Messages of Love

From family and friends

Marcia Sharp March 18, 2021

Peggy was an exceptional neighbor. Anytime I visited she was uplifting and encouraging. I enjoyed every visit with her. Tom and her were wholesome and I was a better person because I knew them both. My family and I will always cherish the memories shared in Griffing Park during the 90s. One Christmas they gathered the children and created a caroling Club. We rehearsed often, shared hot chocolate and finally went out caroling to neighbors on Evergreen. Lynn was with us that time. Those memories come back to me as something from a different era - better times. My children and their children inherited two Henderson recipes. Frito chili pie from Tom and cinnamon spice cake from Peggy. It was an honor to know them.

Lisa Adams Perkins May 19, 2020

Beautiful sweet spirited lady and precious Great Aunt. I’m so sorry for your loss she was an incredible lady. I was blessed to share some time with her and uncle Tommy during Katrina they stayed with us such a horrible event but I was so blessed to be under the same roof with so many people so much love Under One roof I’m sorry for your incredible loss she was one of a kind.

Harvey Bunce Iii May 18, 2020

Peggy gave family and friends a shining gift, an understanding of loving completely. God has surely made a place for Peggy to continue to forever share her gift.

Eddie & May Rising May 12, 2020

Aunt Peggy met me when I was a baby. Her brother, Eddie Rising-my Dad. was stationed at Mather Air Field in Sacramento California when I was born. She missed several weeks of the 10th grade to come on a train from Texas just to see me. As the years went by, we would love to go to Port Arthur from Sulphur, Louisiana, to visit my Dad's relatives and we never failed to see Aunt Peggy and Uncle Tommy many times over those years. I will miss my beloved Aunt Peggy so much. I love her so much. I know she is happy with Jesus and reunited with her beloved husband, Uncle Tommy. I will miss her calling me "Eddie Boy"!

Sam & Betty Bunce Anderson May 12, 2020

With deepest sympathy and prayers, Love, Sam & Betty

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