MERION LOUIS HENDERSON^[1]

1925 - 2012  (86 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	MERION LOUIS HENDERSON
  Born	7 Jul 1925	OZONE, JOHNSON, ARKANSAS
  Christened	BELONGS TO A CONSERVATIVE BAPTIST CHURCH. ALSO BELONGS TO A SENIORS GLEANERS BROTHERHOOD GROUP WHO GLEANS FIELDS LIKE THE HEBREWS IN THE BIBLE AND GIVES IT TO THE NEEDY.
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Mar 2012	ROSEVILLE, CALIFORNIA   [2]
  	HENDERSON, Merion L. Born in a log cabin in Ozone, Arkansas to Perion and Nellie on July 7, 1925. Went home to Jesus on March 12, 2012 at age 86. He was a long-time resident of Roseville, CA. Merion was a devoted husband to Elsie, and a loving father to son Frank (Jan), daughter Barbara, stepsons Doug Locke (Melinda), and Chuck Locke (Beth). He was a proud grandpa to nine grandsons and 8 great-grandchildren. He was proud to serve his country during WWII as Signalman Third Class in the Navy. Always a hard worker, Merion worked for PFE Railroad and Central State Racing Association. He also served in several volunteer positions: Treasurer for the West Capitol Racing Alumni Association, 15 years for the Senior Gleaners where he served in various positions inc. inspector, and for the last 20 years, served as a docent for the Maidu Museum and Historic Site in Roseville. Shortly before his passing, the City of Roseville and the Maidu Museum presented Merion with a Silver Star for his dedicated years of service. As a last request, Merion asked that we all come together to celebrate his life the way he loved living it with good humor and good food! He asked that we hold a potluck with everyone bringing their favorite dish and their favorite stories. Please join his family at the Maidu Museum and Historic Site located at 1960 Johnson Ranch Road in Roseville on Sunday, March 25 at 2pm. - Published in The Sacramento Bee from March 18 to March 23, 2012. Furneral Services for Merion are Monday, March 19th, 11am at Lind Bros., 4221 Manzanita Ave., Carmichael, CA. The Celebration of Life (Potluck) is March 25th, 2:00 pm at Miadu Indian History Center, 1960 Johnson Ranch Rd., Roseville, CA.
  Age	86 years
  Buried	19 Mar 2012	Citrus Heights, California   [3]
  	Sylvan Cemetery District 7401 Auburn Blvd. Citrus Heights, CA 95610 Sect:NORTH Map:N Row:1 Gr:12
  Headstones	Submit Headstone Photo
  Person ID	I299	Caudle Descendants
  Last Modified	18 Jun 2012

  
  

  Father	PERRIN LAFAYETE HENDERSON,   b. 8 Apr 1902, WALDON, ARKANSAS ,   d. 5 Mar 1943, SACRAMENTO, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA   Age: 40 years
  Mother	NELLIE EDITH ("DELLA") CAUDLE 2x ,   b. 7 Jul 1904, CHICAGO, COOKE, ILLINOIS ,   d. 7 Apr 1991, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA   Age: 86 years
  Married	6 Aug 1922	WALDON, ARKANSAS
  Photos	Family photos for PERRIN LAFAYETE HENDERSON & NELLIE EDITH ("DELLA") CAUDLE
  Photos » Slide Show		Merion, Nellie and Perrin Henderson.jpg
  		Merion, Perrin and Nellie Henderson.jpg
  		Perrin and Nellie Henderson.jpg
  		Perrin Henderson Family.jpg
  		Perrin, Merion and Nellie Henderson.jpg
  		Perrin, Nellie and Merion Henderson.jpg
  		The Hendersons.jpg
  Family ID	F109	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	ROBERTA ARLENE WELLS,   b. 27 Oct 1926, LINCOLN, LANCASTER, NEBRASKA ,   d. 12 Nov 1981, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA   Age: 55 years
  Married	25 May 1946	CITRUS HEIGHTS, ORANGEVALE, CALIFORNIA
  Children	1. FRANK WILLIAM HENDERSON   2. BARBARA LOUISE HENDERSON
  Family ID	F113	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	ELSIE WRIGHT 2x
  Family ID	F114	Group Sheet

  
  

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  		Born - 7 Jul 1925 - OZONE, JOHNSON, ARKANSAS Married - 25 May 1946 - CITRUS HEIGHTS, ORANGEVALE, CALIFORNIA Died - 12 Mar 2012 - ROSEVILLE, CALIFORNIA Buried - 19 Mar 2012 - CITRUS HEIGHTS, CALIFORNIA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos	Photos for MERION LOUIS HENDERSON
  Photos » Slide Show		Louis Norman Caudle, Merion and Nellie Henderson.jpg
  		Merion and Nellie Henderson Navy.jpg
  		Merion and Nellie Henderson.jpg
  		Merion and Nellie Navy.jpg
  		Merion Henderson Navy.jpg
  		Merion.jpg
  		Merion Henderson.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  NAMED AFTER HIS GRANDFATHERS HENDERSON AND CAUDLE. ENLISTED IN THE U.S. NAVY DURING WWII. RETIRED RAILROAD WORKER. LETTER FROM MERION DATED 12 FEB 1994: DEAR MILFORD, RECEIVED YOUR LETTER AND WAS SO GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU BUT SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR WIFE. I KNOW YOU ARE UNDER A TERRIBLE BURDEN. I HAD A YEAR AND HALF THAT I TOOK CARE OF ROBERTA SO KNOW A LITTLE OF WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH. MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU. THE DAY I RECEIVED YOUR LETTER I HAD JUST GOT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. 1994 HASN'T STARTED OUT TO GOOD FOR US. RIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS, MY DAUGHTER BARBARA FOUND OUT SHE HAD CANCER OF THE CERVIX. SHE HAS NOW TAKEN RADIATION, CHEMOTHERAPY AND HAD RADIATION RODS IMPLANTED INTO THE TUMOR TWICE. SHE GOES BACK IN FEB 14 FOR ANOTHER FOUR DAYS OF CHEMOTHERAPY. ELSIE, MY WIFE, STARTED GETTING THE FLU ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF DEC. BUT KEPT GOING FOR CHRISTMAS. HER LUNGS GOT REAL CONGESTED. SHE HAS ASTHMA REAL BAD. I TOOK HER TO THE DOCTOR JAN 21. THEY GAVE HER SOME MEDICINE AND SENT HER HOME. JAN 23: I TOOK HER BACK TO EMERGENCY AND THEY ENTERED HER INTO THE HOSPITAL. JAN 26: THEY LET HER COME HOME. I CHECKED HER OUT AT NOON. ON JAN 25 I STARTED GETTING CRAMPS REAL BAD. THE NEXT MORNING I NOTICED BLOOD COMING FROM MY COLOSTOMY. AS SOON AS I GOT ELSIE HOME I TOLD HER WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO ME AND SHE THOUGHT I SHOULD GO TO THE HOSPITAL. I CALLED FRANK AND HE TOOK ME TO THE HOSPITAL. ON THE WAY MY CAR BLEW A WATER HOSE. WE PARKED IT AT A SERVICE STATION AND A YOUNG MAN TOOK ME TO THE HOSPITAL AND HELPED FRANK FIX THE CAR. I CHECKED IN AT 2:30 PM. THEY FOUND I HAD A HERNIA IN MY COLOSTOMY AND HAD TO MOVE THE STOMA FROM MY LEFT SIDE TO MY RIGHT SIDE. THEY LEFT A HOLE YOU COULD HAVE PUT A TENNIS BALL IN ON THE LEFT SIDE OPEN AND AN INCISION ABOUT 8 INCHES LONG IN THE MIDDLE OF MY STOMACH. NO STITCHES. THIS IS THE NEW WAY. NURSES HAVE BEEN COMING TO THE HOUSE THREE TIMES A DAY TO CHANGE THE DRESSING. I FORGOT TO SAY THAT ELSIE HAD PNEUMONIA WHEN THEY PUT HER IN THE HOSPITAL. WHEN I CAME HOME IT WAS THE BLIND LEADING THE LAME. WE FOUND OUT WE HAD LOTS OF FRIENDS. HER KIDS STAYED WITH HER SOME AND REALLY HELPED HER WHILE I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A WEEK. THE FRIENDS HAVE BROUGHT OVER MEALS FOR US AND REALLY GAVE US A LOT OF HELP. WE ARE BOTH IMPROVING EVERY DAY NOW. THE HOLE IN MY STOMACH HAS SHRUNK TO ABOUT HALF THE SIZE IT WAS AND THEY ARE GOING TO CHANGE THE DRESSING TWICE A DAY NOW. MILFORD, I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CALL YOU EVER SINCE I RECEIVED YOUR LETTER. THE NUMBER THE OPERATOR GAVE ME IS 301-843-0376. IS THAT THE RIGHT NUMBER? I KEEP IN CONTACT WITH CLIFFORD MOSER. WE TALK TO EACH OTHER ABOUT ONCE A MONTH. WE ALWAYS HAVE A LOT OF FUN WITH CLIFF AND BEV WHEN WE CAN GET TOGETHER. 1988 WAS THE LAST TIME I WENT BACK TO OKLAHOMA AND ALL OF US WENT TO BRANSON, MO. AND DOWN THRU ARKANSAS. REALLY HAD A WONDERFUL TIME. IN 1970 I STOPPED BY UNCLE JACK'S PLACE IN LITTLE ROCK AND AGAIN IN 1973. YOUR STORIES OF THE FAMILY TREE ARE NEVER BORING. I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THE HENDERSON SIDE. ONE OF DAD'S BROTHERS RAN THE FAMILY TREE FROM HIS DAD DOWN TO THE PRESENT BUT NOTHING BACK OF MY GRANDFATHER. I WENT TO THE MORMAN CHURCH AND FOUND THE RECORD OF HIS FIRST MARRIAGE, DAD'S MOTHER, BUT COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING ABOUT HIS BIRTH SO I JUST GAVE UP. WHEN YOU DO PUBLISH THE TREE PLEASE HAVE ONE FOR ME. I WILL GLADLY PAY YOU AS I KNOW THIS HAS TAKEN A LOT OF TIME AND EXPENSE. I WILL TRY TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS YOU ASKED. WE LEFT EARTH, TEXAS IN JULY 1939 BECAUSE OF DAD'S HEALTH AND JOB CONDITION. WE STAYED IN SUPERIOR, ARIZ. FOR TWO MONTHS THEN MOVED TO GILBERT TO PICK COTTON. AFTER ABOUT SIX WEEKS WE WENT TO TIPTON, CALIF. TO PICK COTTON AS WE GOT 10 CENTS A HUNDRED MORE AND COULD PICK A LOT MORE. RIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS WE MOVED BACK TO GILBERT FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, THEN WENT TO WORK ON A DAIRY IN SUPERIOR RAN BY CHARLIE WILLIAMS. THAT LASTED THREE MONTHS AND BACK TO GILBERT DOING WHAT EVER FARM WORK WE COULD FIND. IN SEPT. 1940 WE CAME OUT TO BUTTONWILLOW, CALIF. TO PICK COTTON. WE LEFT THERE IN JUNE 1941 AND MOVED TO CERES, CALIF. TO WORK THE FRUIT. UNCLE ROY LEFT TEXAS IN 1940 AND CAME UP HERE CLOSE TO SACRAMENTO BECAUSE HIS FATHER-IN-LAW LIVED HERE. LAND WAS REAL CHEAP. HE BOUGHT 5 ACRES FOR $300.00. WE CAME UP TO VISIT THEM, LIKED THE AREA AND BOUGHT 2 ACRES FROM ROY. WE BUILT A SMALL HOUSE AND THE WAR STARTED. HAD QUITE A TIME GETTING MATERIAL TO FINISH IT. I STILL HAVE THAT HOUSE AND ABOUT 1/3 ACRE OF LAND. THE LAND IS WORTH ABOUT $35,000 NOW. THE HOUSE IS NOT MUCH. I RENT IT TO MY SISTER-IN-LAW. MY FOLKS LIVED IN OZONE, ARK. WHEN I WAS BORN. THEY MOVED FROM THERE TO WALDRON, ARK. AND DAD FARMED. THIS WAS DURING REAL HARD TIMES AND DAD WAS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING BETTER. THEY MOVED AROUND QUITE A BIT BUT IN 1928 THEY SETTLED AT NEW LIBERTY, OKLA. FOR SEVEN YEARS. DAD WORKED FOR LUTHER HARTMAN ALL THOSE YEARS. THIS WAS DURING THE DEPRESSION AND THE DUST BOWL DAYS. DAD AND UNCLE ROY HITCHED HIKED TO EARTH, TEXAS. DAD GOT A JOB WORKING FOR HOMER HODGE. HE GOT $15.00 A MONTH AND 15 ACRES OF LAND TO FARM. HE GOT ALL THAT CAME OFF THAT 15 ACRES. FOR THIS HE WORKED ABOUT 18 TO 20 HOURS A DAY MOST OF THE SUMMER. UNCLE ROY LEFT EARTH FOR THE SAME REASON. IT WAS JUST SLOW STARVATION ON A FARM IN THAT COUNTRY IN THOSE DAYS. AFTER WE CAME TO CALIFORNIA WE ALWAYS HAD JOBS OF SOME KIND AND THE PAY WAS ALWAYS GOOD. FROM THE TIME WWII STARTED UNTIL ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO ANYBODY COULD GET A JOB HERE. WE HAVE REALLY GOT HIT HARD BY THIS RECESSION THO. MAYBE WE WILL BOUNCE BACK AGAIN. UNCLE BURNICE LEFT MISSOURI BECAUSE THERE WAS JUST NO MONEY TO BE MADE FARMING. THEY MOVED UP HERE AND BUILT A 2 BEDROOM HOME ON A PLOT. UNCLE BURNICE WENT TO WORK ON THE RAILROAD WITH ME. HE WORKED THERE UNTIL HE DIED. I HAVEN'T KEPT IN CONTACT WITH BARBARA & JAMES. WHEN I GET TO FEELING BETTER I WILL SEE IF I CAN GET THE ANSWERS YOU WANTED FROM THEM. MOTHER PASSED AWAY APRIL 7, 1991. SHE HAD BEEN IN A CONVALESCENT HOME FOR 8 YEARS. HER MIND ALWAYS REMAINED GOOD. HER BODY JUST WASTED AWAY AND SHE HAD A LOT OF PAIN. THE NAME OF THE NURSING HOME WAS HIGHLANDS CONVALESCENT HOME IN SACRAMENTO. SHE IS BURIED AT THE MT. VERNON CEMETERY IN FAIR OAKS, CALIF. ROBERTA'S FATHER WAS FRANK WELLS, HER MOTHER'S NAME: ANNA RITCHY. ROBERTA DIED IN THE PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY. ROBERTA IS BURIED IN SYLVAN CEMETERY IN CITRUS HEIGHTS, CALIF. ELSIE'S MAIDEN NAME WAS WRIGHT. SHE WAS BORN IN AUTHORETTE, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA ON MAY 14, 1933. WE WERE MARRIED AUGUST 20, 1983 IN ORANGEVALE, CALIF. HER FATHER WAS DOUG WRIGHT AND HER MOTHER WAS MARY COOPER. ELSIE'S FIRST HUSBAND'S NAME WAS CHARLES LOCKE. HE WAS BORN IN FORT FAIRFIELD, MAINE IN 1930. FRANK MARRIED JAN PARKER IN CITRUS HEIGHTS, CALIF. MAY 21, 1972. JAN'S FATHER'S NAME WAS EDWIN PARKER AND HER MOTHER'S NAME WAS JEAN MCCLOUD. HIS CHILDREN ARE FRANK, II, BORN MAY 10, 1975. AND EDWIN, BORN DEC. 18, 1977. BOTH WERE BORN IN KAISER HOSPITAL IN SACRAMENTO. I BETTER STOP NOW. IF YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK AND ANSWER WHEN YOU CAN. HOPE THINGS GET BETTER FOR YOU. MERION.

  
  

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  [S386] NELLIE CAUDLE HENDERSON-JOHNSONMERION LOUIS HEND. [S12170] www.legacy.com/obituaries. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sacbee/obituary.aspx?n=merion-l-henderson&pid=156532598 [S12171] Lind Brothers Funeral Home, 18 Jun 2012. I called the Lind Brother's Funeral Home, and they gave me the cemetery information that is recorded under burial. I looked up the cemetery on the internet to get the plot location.