Mildred Melva Maynard Henry, age 98, of DeSoto, Texas, passed away October 9, 2017. Mrs. Henry was born January 24, 1919, in Commerce, Oklahoma, to Charles Elmer and Mamie Edna (Hicks) Potter. She married Bill Henry in 1967 in Durant, Oklahoma and they resided in Fairview, Texas until 2001. Mrs. Henry was a lifelong, loving, servant of God.
She is survived by her daughters, Dianna Wavada and Melanie Durham; four grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and twelve great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill and grandson, Robert Durham.
A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Saturday, October 14, 2017, at St. Augustine’s Oak Cliff Episcopal Church, 1302 W. Kiest Blvd., Dallas, Texas, 75224. Interment will follow at Ridgeview Memorial Park in Allen, Texas. The family will receive friends during a visitation from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m., Friday evening at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home in Allen.