Funeral services for Bernard Zachery Henderson Jr., 76, of Metasville, were held Wednesday, November 16, 2005, at Rehoboth Baptist Church, Metasville, with Rev. Steve Rayner officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. He died Monday, November 14, in an accident.
Mr. Henderson was a native and lifelong resident of Wilkes County. He was the son of the late Bernard Z. Henderson and the late Lucille Edwards Henderson. He was a member of Rehoboth Baptist Church, a Mason, and served on the Board of Directors of the Farmers and Merchants Bank. He was the proprietor of H&H Logging Company of Wilkes County. He had served in the Georgia National Guard for 17 years with one year of active duty at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Survivors include his wife, Vivian Danner Henderson of Metasville; two sons, Bernard Z. Henderson III and his wife, Margaret J. Henderson, Washington, and William Albert Henderson and his wife, Elizabeth B. Henderson, of Macon; five grandchildren, William Z. Henderson, Statesboro, Margaret E. Henderson and Emily Ellen Henderson, Washington, Molly M. Jones, and Maimee Jane Henderson, Macon; and a sister, Margaret H. Worley, Elberton.
Pallbearers included Danny Burgess, Chuck Pollock, Mike McCombs, Ronnie Smith, Sonny Howard, and Joey Fievet.
Honorary pallbearers included Larry McMichael, Jack Harvey, Gerald Norman, Joe Griffin, Marshall Garrett, Beetle Denard, and Stanley Wheatley.
Memorial contributions may be made to Rehoboth Baptist Church.
Henderson
Hopkins Funeral Home of Washington was in charge of arrangements.
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