AUSTIN, Texas -- Alfred Roland Henson, 89, formerly of Portageville, Mo., died March 12, 2007, at his daughter's home in Austin.
Born Sept. 19, 1917, in Elvins, Mo., son of the late Benjamin and Myrtle Crites Henson, he was a U.S. Army veteran who served during World War II.
Survivors include: one son, Allen Henson of Mohonet, Ill.; two daughters, Diane Tribble of Austin and Vicki Klaus of Wilmington, N.C.; two brothers, Donald Henson of West Memphis, Ark., and Franklin Henson of Jacksonville, Ark.; two sisters, Elaine Kimes of Portageville and Dorothy Young of Cape Girardeau, Mo.; and eight grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Visitation is at 5 p.m. Thursday at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville. Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church.
Burial with full military rites will follow in the Portageville Cemetery.