Mr. Barry Ray Henley, age 61 of Whiteville, passed from this life Monday morning, January 6, 2014 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.
A native of Rockford, IL, he was the son of the late Allen Junior Henley and Margaret Ellen Wells Henley Whittemore. He had lived most of his life in Hardeman County in the Whiteville-Newcastle area. Mr. Henley had formerly worked for Wilson Well Company and attended the First United Pentecostal Church in Bolivar. He served his country in the US Marine Corps in the early 1970's.
He leaves three sons, Gregory Wayne Henley of Oakland, TN, William Theodore Henley of Saulsbury and Barry Ray Henley, II of Whiteville; three sisters, his twin sister, Kay Gooch of Whiteville, Pam Kilpatrick of Whiteville and Sharon McQueen of Mt. Pleasant, MS; one brother, Allen Eugene Henley of Rogers Springs, TN; and his granddaughter, Hailie Evans.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Peggy Cannon.