Dorothy Lee Henderson

Dorothy Lee Henderson died Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at Home in Granville County, NC. She was born to the late Lee Roy and Bertie Saunders on February 3, 1925 in Charlotte, NC. Dorothy graduated from Reidsville High School and from Roanoke College in Business Science. She married William R. Henderson, Sr. in 1947. Due to her husband’s businesses, they lived in Reidsville, Greensboro, High Point, Wilmington and Raleigh before retiring to rural Granville County where they moved into an apartment in their son’s home in 2008.

Dorothy was active in the Book Clubs and Garden Clubs in each community they lived in and was a member of the Town and Country Garden Club of Raleigh and the Heritage Book Club. She loved to garden and grew prize winning roses. She was an active member of First Assembly of Raleigh. Her service to others is legendary. She was always thrilled to entertain and minister with gifts and loving compassion. Unselfishly she sought to esteem others higher than herself.

A model mother, she was loved by her children for her life of Christian discipleship. Her modest personality did not reflect her physical beauty which she was blessed with even as she grew older.

She is survived by her husband of sixty-five years, William R. Henderson, Sr.; daughter, Faith and husband Michael Giaquinto; son, William R. “Chip” Henderson, Jr. and Cindy Henderson; grandchildren, Jessie, Cassie, Sydney Giaquinto, Nicholas, Annabeth, Molly, Samuel, and Matthew Henderson, William R. Henderson III and Jennifer Noel Henderson and Sarah and Michael Garner; and great-grandchildren, David Garner and William R. Henderson IV. Also surviving is a sister, Wilma Jones and husband Jimmy and several nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends at First Assembly of Raleigh from 10-11 AM on Saturday, December 3, 2011, followed by a memorial service at 11 AM. Interment will be held at Raleigh Memorial Park.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the LifeCare Pregnancy Center in Raleigh, NC.

Arrangements with Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, St. Mary’s Street.