Individual Details
Hettie Octavia Henson
(17 Dec 1902 - 24 Sep 2001)
Hettie Octavia Henson Duncan, 98, widow of James Martin Duncan, died Sept. 24, 2001, at Piedmont Lutheran Health Care. She was formerly a resident of Jordan Road, Lyman, SC for many years. A native of Spartanburg County, a daughter of the late Edd and Octavia Howell Henson, the oldest member of Zoar United Methodist Church, and a homemaker.
Surviving are one son, William T. (W.T) Duncan, of Duncan; 12 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; 28 great-great-grandchildren; and two great-great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Duncan was predeceased by one daughter, Geneva Alexander; and one son, Eston Duncan. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday at Providence Baptist Church, Gibb Shoals Road, conducted by the Rev. Jimmy Harper and the Rev. Edmond Poole. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Visitation will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at The Wood Mortuary. The family is at the home of the son, William T. Duncan, 306 Buckingham Road, Duncan, SC.
Surviving are one son, William T. (W.T) Duncan, of Duncan; 12 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; 28 great-great-grandchildren; and two great-great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Duncan was predeceased by one daughter, Geneva Alexander; and one son, Eston Duncan. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday at Providence Baptist Church, Gibb Shoals Road, conducted by the Rev. Jimmy Harper and the Rev. Edmond Poole. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Visitation will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at The Wood Mortuary. The family is at the home of the son, William T. Duncan, 306 Buckingham Road, Duncan, SC.
Events
Families
Spouse | James Martin Duncan (1892 - 1972) |
Child | Geneva Lucille Duncan (1923 - 1997) |
Child | James Eston Duncan (1924 - 1988) |
Child | William Thomas Duncan (1933 - ) |
Father | William Edward Henson (1878 - 1946) |
Mother | Octavia Howell (1877 - 1966) |
Sibling | John Thomas "Johnny" Henson (1901 - 1980) |
Sibling | William Edgar Henson (1908 - 1936) |
Sibling | Mary Alice Henson ( - ) |
Sibling | infant son Henson (1914 - 1914) |
Notes
Census (family)
J Martin Duncan Head M 38 South Carolina - FarmerHettie Duncan Wife F 28 South Carolina
Geneva Duncan Daughter F 6 South Carolina
Eston Duncan Son M 5 South Carolina
Endnotes
1. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPZD-DSN : accessed 30 November 2018), Geneva Duncan in household of J Martin Duncan, Beech Springs, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 6A, line 9, family 94, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2212; FHL microfilm 2,341,946..
2. Find A Grave Memorial# 32318651.