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Submitted: 12/2/19 • Approved: 1/2/20 • Last Updated: 1/5/20 • R1284567-G1284566-S3
"Betty"
October 28, 1933 - June 6, 2014
Loving wife to Bill
Mother of Ann and Denise
*Obituary
Betty Coulter Henderson, 80, of Hot Springs, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family on Friday, June 6, 2014.
She was born in Lockesburg on October 28, 1933, to Tom and Pearl Smith Coulter.
Betty attended Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana, where she was a member of Alpha Xi Delta Sorority. She met "the" Mr. Henderson, the love of her life, while attending Henderson State Teachers College. Betty taught at Lake Hamilton School for 36 years. She was active in the National Education Association, Arkansas Education Association and the Lake Hamilton Classroom Teachers Association. An unwavering Democrat, Betty was a member of the Virginia Clinton Kelley Democrat Women's Club and the Garland County Democratic Central Committee and was a recipient of the "Garland County Yellow Dog Democrat Award". One of her proudest memories was serving as a delegate to the 1984 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco.
She was a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Hot Springs.
Preceding her in death was her husband of 50 years, Bill Henderson; her parents; her in-laws, Guy and Zelma Henderson; a sister, Ida Margaret Stone; and a brother and sister-in-law, Tom Smith and Ann Coulter.
She is survived by her two daughters, Denise Henderson of Hot Springs and Ann (Jim) Gilbert of Little Rock; sisters, Carolyn Keuteman of La Marque, Texas, Myra (Wayne) Clay of Lockesburg and Cindy (Larry) Hale of DeQueen; sisters-in-law, Bonnie (Bob) Biles and Ruby Meeks of Hot Springs; step-grandchildren, Jennifer Sutherlin of Rogers and Brent Gilbert of Little Rock; and a host of cousins, nieces and nephews, whom she dearly loved.
Services will be held at 10:00 AM, Wednesday, June 11, 2014, in the Davis-Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Hot Springs with Reverend Doctor Bud Hearn officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday, 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM. Burial will be at 3:00 PM, Wednesday, in Coulter Memorial Gardens in Lockesburg.
Pallbearers will be Greg Hale, Dutch Keuteman, Tom Coulter, Michael Harris, Brett Henderson, Bryan Clay, Mark Clay and Randy Harris.
Contributed on 12/2/19 by MryAl8
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