Jerry Delwood Hensley Sr.

Mr. Jerry D. Hensley Sr. Mr. Jerry D. Hensley Sr., 65, of rural Barnsdall, died at 7:13 a.m. Friday morning June 15, 2012 in Bartlesville. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday June 20; at the Stumpff-Barnsdall Funeral Home Chapel with Interment is the Ethel Reece Cemetery at Barnsdall under the direction of the Stumpff-Barnsdall Funeral Home. Pallbearers for Mr. Hensley’s service will be Gary Blake, Stan Posey, Omar Marano, Robert Autry Louis Sickler,and Kenneth Sickler. Honorary Pallbearers wereJim Hensley, Jerry Hensley Jr. Stan Posey III and Anthony Posey. Memorial Contributions may be made in his name to the Barnsdall American Legion Post # 227 P.O. Box 672 Barnsdall, OK. 74002. Mr. Hensley was born on January 1, 1947 at Hancock Maryland to Thomas and Hazel D. (Waterbaugh) Hensley. He was raised and received his early education in Maryland graduating high school there in 1965 . Following his graduation he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1966 and served during the Vietnam War, until his honorable discharge in 1986 after 20 years service to his country. After his honorable discharge he made his home in several places Georgia, South Carolina, and Pennsylvania, until moving to Oklahoma in 1990 and later Barnsdall in 1995, as he began his employment with Wil-Tel currently Williams Communications in Tulsa. He was a supervisor with them for over 18 years until his retirement in 2001. Mr. Hensley was first married to Marie “Midge” Powell in January of 1965 at Clear Spring Maryland. He later married Bobbie Atkins in 1982 in Hawaii, and she later preceded him in death in 2006. He later married Lanmin Ma on July 27, 2007 in China. They made their home in Barnsdall for the past several years where he enjoyed hunting, fishing and just about anything outdoors. Mr. Hensley was a wonderful husband and father, and was devoted to and proud of his service to his country. He was an ESL language teacher since 2010, and was active in their business at Washington Park Mall-Chinese Body Massage. Mr. Hensley is survived by his wife Lanmin Ma Hensley, of the home in Barnsdall, also by three sons, Jim Hensley and wife Karin, of Tulsa, Jerry D. Hensley Jr. of Tucson Arizona, and Yuan Wang of China, by four daughters Mrs. Juanita Cosner and husband Jim of Hedgesville, West Virginia, Louise Buckner of Wister, Oklahoma, Darlene Autry of Dewey, Oklahoma, and Mrs. Wanda Posey and husband Stan of Barnsdall OK, by four sisters; Mrs. Fern Cone of Salem Virginia, Mrs. Virginia Cordero Berkley Springs West Virginia, Mrs. Nellie Jean Alexander of Hagerstown Maryland, and Mrs. Alice Hornbaker of Clear Spring, Maryland, by twenty four grandchildren,and a number of Great-grandchildren and Great-Great Grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents Thomas and Hazel D. Hensley, by his 2nd wife Bobbie Hensley in 2006, and by Wava Hensley and Daisy E. Miller, by Brother Robert & Thomas Hensley. Funeral services and interment in Ethel Reece Cemetery, Barnsdall were under the direction of the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory of Bartlesville. PDF Printable Version

Jerry Delwood Hensley Sr.

January 28, 1947 - June 15, 2012