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   Felton Melba Henderson

 
Felton Melba Henderson died January 18, 2011, in Huntington Beach, California. He was born June 25, 1920, near Stuttgart to Alonza J. "Lon" and Effie Biggam Henderson. He was a 1939 graduate of Stuttgart High School. He engaged in farming until an accident in the early 1950s forced him to retire from farming. He loved to hunt and served as a duck hunter's guide for several years. In 1954 he moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and went to work as a machinist. After 40 years, he retired and returned to Stuttgart. He was a member of Humphrey United Methodist Church.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by two wives, Ruth Wegert Henderson and Margaret Lenhard Henderson; three brothers, Leslie, A.J. Jr. and Dale Henderson; two half-brothers, Ralph Henderson and Woxie Randolph; and one sister, Thelma Henderson Black.

Survivors include his daughter, Lynda Kay Morgan of Huntington Beach; three grandchildren, Cherie Lynn Wheeler and husband Paul, Charles W. Morgan II and Stephen Anthony Morgan; six great-grandchildren, Jordan, Benjamin and Mollie Wheeler and Derrick, Samuel and Forrest Morgan; one sister, Lucille Moritz; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Funeral services, officiated by the Rev. George Crumbly Jr., are 2 p.m. Tuesday, January 25, at Humphrey United Methodist Church with burial following in Sunshine Cemetery.

Visitation is 5-7 p.m. Monday at Turpin Funeral Home in Stuttgart. 

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