Harold W. "Hal" Henshaw Jr.

Visitation will be held 10:00-11:00am, Saturday, October 4, 2014 at Baldwin-Lee Funeral Home in Pearl. Memorial services will follow at 11:00am in the funeral home chapel with interment in Sinai Cemetery, Florence.

He was born Saturday, November 1, 1930 in Worcester, MA, a son of the late Harold W. Henshaw, Sr. and Loretta Lahaire Henshaw. Mr. Henshaw retired as Chief Warrant Officer from the U.S. Army where he served in the Vietnam War and retired as a medical clerk from the V.A. Medical Center of Jackson. He was a member of the V.F.W. and the American Legion and a member of Oakdale Baptist Church. He resided for some years in Hot Springs, AR where he enjoyed volunteer work with the Lions Club and St. Joseph Mercy Hospital.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Wendy Henshaw, and step-daughter, Ann Pickler.

Survivors include his wife, Mildred Lois Henshaw; son, Marc Henshaw (Marty); step-children, Pat Ard (James), Linda Byrd, Kenneth Byrd (Donna) and Collie Howard (Larry); grandchildren, Tyler and Taylor Henshaw, and numerous step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association at www.diabetes.org.