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Pioneer Citizen Died Tuesday
W.P. Henderson Was Given Masonic Funeral at Brocktown Wednesday.
W.P. Henderson, familiarly known as Uncle Bill, aged 93 years, seven months
and nine days, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J.J. Hill, near Pike
City Tuesday (February 18, 1930).
Mr. Henderson was one of the oldest men in the county and was the oldest
Mason in the county. He was a charter member of Pisgah Lodge No. 250 of this
place. He was a member of the Baptist church at Brocktown, where he spent
the greater part of his life.
The body was buried with Masonic honors at Brocktown Wednesday afternoon.
The services were conducted by Eld. J.C. Patterson.
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Pike County Tribune, Volume 9, Number 1, February 21, 1930, page 1,
column 6.
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