HENDERSON, Bernice E. (Robbins)

Date of birth:  12 Apr 1908 – Johnson County, Indiana
Date of death: 24 Jun 1983 – Edinburgh, Johnson County, Indiana

Edinburgh Tri-County Enterprise, June 29, 1983

Bernice Henderson

Bernice Henderson, 75, of Franklin route 5, died June 24 at Faith Nursing Home at Edinburgh.

She was married to Wid­dess Henderson Jan. 27, 1927, and he survives.

Funeral service was con­ducted Monday at Eskew Funeral Home Edinburgh. Burial was at Rest Haven Cemetery.

Mrs. Henderson was born April 12, 1908, in John­son County, the daughter of James and Effie Kep­hart Robbins. She was a member of Walters Chapel Church of the Nazarene south of Franklin. She formerly worked 12 years at the Indiana Masonic Home at Franklin.

Surviving with her hus­band are two sons, James Henderson, of Franklin route 5, and Philip Hen­derson, of Edinburgh; five brothers, Dale Rob­bins of Taylorsville, William Robbins of Cali­fornia, Everett Robbins of Franklin, and James Robbins of Carthage; one sister, Ruth Julian of Franklin, eight grand­children and two great-grandchildren.

Indianapolis Star, June 25, 1983

Bernice Henderson

Franklin, Ind. — Bernice Robbins Henderson, 75, a lifelong Johnson County resident, died Friday in an Edinburgh nursing home. She worked 12 years at the Masonic Home here, and was a member of Walter’s Chapel Church of the Nazarene. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in Eskew Funeral Home in Edinburgh, where friends may call after 2 p.m. Sunday. Survivors include her husband, Wid­dess Henderson, and two sons, James and Phillip Henderson.

Submitted by Mark Wirey