Hensley, C. C. "Jr." 

KILGORE - Graveside services for Junior Hensley, 72, of Kilgore, were held at 
10 a.m. Saturday, April 29, 2006, at Kilgore Memorial Gardens with the Rev. James 
Baker and Steve Hearn eulogists. After a long and courageous battle with leukemia, 
Mr. Hensley went home. Mr. Hensley was a loving and faithful husband, devoted and 
proud father, encouraging and caring grandfather and, even if only for a short 
time, a devoted great-grandfather. Junior worked in the East Texas Oil Field for 
many years as an independent welder. He was born in Shirley, Arkansas, on September 
18, 1933, and went home on April 27, 2006. He was surrounded by his family and love 
when he went home. Mr. Hensley is survived by his loving wife, Priscilla; his 
daughter, Roshelle and her husband, James D. Baker; his two grandchildren, Ashley 
B. Tompkins and James Christopher Baker; and his mother-in-law, Pearl Hearn, will 
also miss him. He is also survived by many, many friends whom he considered close 
family and blood kin. His father and mother, C.C. and Sylvia Hensley, and his 
great-granddaughter, Lyra Summer Tompkins, preceded him in death. The family 
received friends at Rader Funeral Home Friday, April 28, from 7-9 p.m. Please leave 
online condolences at www.Raderfuneralhome.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 4/30/2006.