April 19, 1911 –  February 22, 2008  WHITESBORO – Gladys Vera Hensley, 96, went to be with the Lord on Friday, February 22, 2008 at Wilson N. Jones Hospital, Sherman, Texas. She was born in Pike County, Arkansas, daughter of James C. and Mary Etta Patterson. She married Luther â??Dudeâ? Hensley on June 6, 1931.
Funeral Services are set for Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. at North Hills Baptist Church in Whitesboro, Texas with the Rev. John Reynolds officiating. Interment follows at Cedarlawn Memorial Park in Sherman, under the direction of Meador Funeral Home in Whitesboro.

Family visitation will be Tuesday, February 26, 2008 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Meador Funeral Home, 401 Highway 377 North, Whitesboro, Texas.

Gladys was a member of North Hills Baptist Church in Whitesboro. She was employed for a number of years at Prices Department Store. In addition to being a homemaker, she prepared and served meals to school children for the Sherman Independent School System and the Rockport School System. She was a very loving wife, mother and grandmother who enjoyed cooking, crocheting, sewing and helping others.

She was very proud of the fact that her father, two brothers, and a brother-in-law were all ministers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Her father, Rev. James C. Patterson surrendered to preach when she was 10 years old and she recalled that he pastored 4 churches, holding services one Sunday a month at each church, and on the 5th Sunday they would all come together to sing, preach, worship and have dinner on the ground.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Rev. James C Patterson and Mary Etta Wheeless Patterson, 4 brothers: Arnold, Monroe, Dillard, and Paul Patterson, and 2 sisters, Lucille Morrow and Sue Ingram.

She is survived by her husband, Luther Hensley, and three children, Ben Hensley and wife Sheila of Pottsboro, Charles Hensley and wife Sonja of Austin, Patricia Farm and husband Buzz of Syracuse, Indiana; 7 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren; 1 brother, John Patterson, and numerous nieces, nephews and friends.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to North Hills Baptist Church, P.O. Box 649, Whitesboro, Texas 76273, or to your favorite charity.