Faye Jennings Henthorn, a lifelong Tulia resident who served First Baptist Church there more than four decades as church secretary, died Aug. 13 in Lubbock. She was 91. She was born Feb. 1, 1932, in Tulia to Robert and Lois Brewer Jennings. She graduated from Tulia High School in 1949 and married Donald Eugene Henthorn on Dec. 21, 1949, in Portales, N.M. She worked as secretary at First Baptist Church in Tulia from 1975 until her retirement in 2017, when the congregation marked the occasion as “Faye Day.” She was director of Vacation Bible School 35 years, instructor of the children’s choir 30 years, and also sang in the church choir. She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald Henthorn; daughters Carol Ann Henthorn Pergrem and Pamela Kay Henthorn Harrison; and son Robert Henthorn. She is survived by her other two sons, Mike Henthorn and his wife Donna of Lubbock, and Tim Henthorn and his wife Suzanne of Fairview; 12 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and a brother, Bob Jennings. Memorial gifts may be made to First Baptist Church, 101 N. Crosby, Tulia, TX 79088.
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