Halbert united with St. James Missionary Baptist Church at an early age and was baptized under the leadership of the Late Reverend E.M. Franklin.
Halbert matriculated and graduated from the Austin Independent School District where he played basketball, football and ran track. He worked as an event coordinator with the University of Texas System.
Proceeding him in death were Halbert’s maternal grandparents Elmira and John Williams and Gladys Thomas and paternal grandparents, Leroy and Sarah Hendricks.
Left to cherish his memories, Halbert is survived by his mother Betty Hendricks, his father Nathaniel Hendricks, brother Rev. Harold Hendricks (Elisa), sisters Harriet Turner (Devin), Vannah Frazier (Barry), Marissa Moore (Michael), and Shayne Francisco, his children with LaKeshia Nash-Dadrian Whitley, Halesha Hendricks, Xavier Hendricks, Zye’aire Hendricks, and Harlem Hendricks and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.