Funeral service for Mrs. Earline T. Henderson will be Tuesday, April 16, 2024 @ 10:00 a.m. in the Nelms Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Father Joseph Lubrano, S.D.S., Officiant.  Interment will be in Valhalla Memory Gardens.

Visitation:  Monday, April 15, 2024 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Public Viewing Monday, April 15, 2024 ~  11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. and Tuesday, 4/16/24 ~ 8:00am - 10:00am

SUNRISE                                                                                                                      November 23, 1932

Madison County, Huntsville, AL

PARENTS                                                                                                James Weekly & Mary Lue Taylor

EDUCATION                                                                      Elementary & H.S. – Council Training School

Alabama A&M University (BS, MS,MS, EDS)

MARRIAGE                                                                                      Arthur J. Henderson, Sr. (Deceased)

CHURCH AFFILIATION                                                        St. Joseph's Catholic Church (Huntsville)

CAREER                                                                           Primary School Teacher & Acquisition Librarian

CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS                                             Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

Les Fidèles Club (motto: extending a helping hand to serve mankind)

SUNSET                                                                                                                                April 9, 2024

Madison County, Huntsville, AL

SONS                                                                                                      Arthur J. Henderson, Jr. (Dionne)

Lamont Henderson (Frances)

SISTER                                                                                            Lela (Shane) Fleming, Ringgold, GA

GRANDCHILDREN                                                                               Aldric, Lamont (Keria), Warren,

Kristen (Jordyn) Burkes, Aloosina,

Selena (Mitchell) Myers, & Kennedi

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN                                                           Alister, Hyperion, Nolan, & Khylee

Earline Taylor Henderson was born to the late James Weekly and Mary Lou Taylor, a carpenter and a homemaker, in Huntsville, Alabama on November 23, 1932.   She was immersed in the Baptist and Catholic traditions that would be her lifelong support from an early age to the end.   She graduated from Alabama A&M University in 1957, 1961, 1966, and 1970 with degrees in Elementary Education, Instructional Leadership, Administrative Sciences, and Library Media.   She accepted a faculty position at William Hooper Council High School in Huntsville, AL.   She also taught/worked at -- West Clinton Elementary School, East Clinton Elementary School, as well as Alabama A&M University (Normal, AL) and Scottsboro High School (Scottsboro, AL) when she retired after 36 years.

Earline was blessed with a large and loving family.  She married her husband Arthur James Henderson, Sr., July 3, 1958, in Huntsville, Alabama.   They had 2 sons together, raising them with love, patience,  discipline, and humility.   She taught them to read, write, and excel in arithmetic.   Earline supported their extracurricular activities and prepared home cooked meals daily, including desserts.   Visiting family and friends regularly was her favorite family past time, in addition to taking short and long trips away and back home.

Earline was a mom and wife at heart.  She was kind and soft spoken, and always had time to answer a question or solve a problem, no matter how small or large.   Managing the household and family finances was her specialty.

Earline is survived by her two sons, Arthur James (Dionne) Henderson, Jr., and Lamont (Frances) Henderson; her grandchildren, Aldric Henderson, Lamont (Keria) Henderson, Warren Henderson, Kristen (Jordyn) Burkes, Aloosina, Selena (Mitchell) Meyers, and Kennedi Brown-Willis; and her great grandchildren, Alister Henderson, Hyperion Henderson, Nolan Burkes and Khylee Brown.  She is preceded in death by her husband, Arthur James Henderson, Sr., her brothers, John Taylor, Lawrence Taylor, and Milton Taylor; her sisters, Eliza (Sook) Nance, and Patsy Ann Rice; her friends, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, neighbors, classmates, parents, and grandparents (Samuel Louis Humphrey and Bela Ann Humphrey).

Please be successful, and be in good health, y'all.   God Shed His Grace on All of Us!

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