Ellis Abner Henderson 1913 - 2001

Ellis Abner Henderson was born on January 26, 1913 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia United States to Rawley Ellis Henderson and Annie Lawrence (Dawson) Henderson Manley, and had siblings Cordia Elizabeth Henderson Jennings, Chesley Watkins Henderson, George Gunn Henderson, Eugene Carson Henderson, Virginia Lee Henderson Powell, Margaret Taylor Henderson Turner, Beulah Anne Henderson Lewis, and Roy Edgar Henderson. He married Mary Louise (Cook) Henderson on March 14, 1942 in Caswell County, North Carolina, and they were married until Mary's death on September 29, 1965 in Yanceyville. They had children Vernon Abner Henderson, Diane Faye Henderson Matkins, and Eugene Preston Henderson. He would also marry Mavin Janie (Briggs) Henderson on November 20, 1967, and they were married until Ellis' death on May 15, 2001 in Roxboro, Person County.