BILLENE LATHAM HEMBY
Henderson, TN: Mary Billene Latham Hemby age 74, passed away December 24, 2021 at the Henderson Health & Rehabilitation Center.
She was born April 21, 1947 in Jackson, TN the daughter of the late William C. and Ruth Marelle Wadley Latham. She grew up in Bemis and attended Southside High School until her senior year, when she married and graduated from Chester County High School in 1965. She married Roy Hemby on July 8, 1964 and they made their home in Chester County. She was primarily a homemaker but did work outside of the home at Salant & Salant Mfg., the ASCS Office in Henderson, Graham’s Snacks in Jackson and then worked as manager of the Americana Inn in Henderson until retirement.
She liked to sew and quilt, cooking and playing solitaire. She was a member of the Old Friendship Baptist Church.
Mrs. Hemby is survived by two daughters, Mary Beshires and husband Windell and Renee Thomas and husband Andy; a son, Troy Hemby and wife Holly all of Henderson; grandchildren, Brittany Thomas, Reyna Thomas, April Phillips (Nick), Jacob Beshires (Brandie), Hunter Hemby (Peyton Davidson) and Hannah Hunt (Beau); great grandchildren, Briggs Hunt and Sadie Phillips; a brother, Carey Latham of Jackson and three sisters, Debbie Woods, Marelle Mitchell and Dianne Egbert all of Jackson.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Roy Allen Hemby in 2014.
Funeral services will be 2:00 PM, Monday December 27th at Shackelford Funeral Directors – East Main Chapel with Bro. Glenn Harris officiating. Burial will follow in the Montezuma Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at East Main Chapel 12 Noon Monday until service time at 2 PM on Monday.
Shackelford Funeral Directors of Henderson
731-989-2624