Sam Stuart Hennigan, 92, of Leighton, passed away on Friday, April 18, 2025. Visitation will be Tuesday, April 22, from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. at Old Brick Presbyterian Church Pavillion. The funeral service will immediately follow at the pavilion with Ben Hayes officiating. Interment will be in the adjoining cemetery.
Stuart was a lifelong resident of Leighton and a veteran of the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict, serving in the 75th Regimental Combat Unit which traces its lineage back to the famed Merrill’s Marauders of World War II. He was retired from Reynolds Alloys and a member of the free masons and co-founder of the Colbert County St. Jude Trail Ride Fundraiser.
Stuart was preceded in death by his wife, Isabel Daves Hennigan; daughters, Kim Hennigan and Roxane Hovater; parents, Samuel Otis and Pauline Norman Hennigan; brothers, Bill and Jack Hennigan; and sisters, Mary Sue Hennigan and Linda Hennigan Steele.
He is survived by his son, Gregory Hennigan (Belinda); grandchildren, Jacob Hennigan, Rebecca Harris (Christian), Kerri Hovater, Amy Moore (Mike), and Abby Hovater (Jim); great-grandchildren, Henry Harris and Alyssa Moore; sisters-in-law, Judy and Joan Hennigan, Lou Thomas, and Bert Nichols; and many nieces and nephews.
Family will serve as pallbearers.
In lieu of flowers, the family ask that you make a donation to St. Jude Children’s Hospital.
“Where the grass grows lush and stirrup-high,
There his family beckons him to his home in the sky.
And he strides towards it, cross golden street,
With well worn boots on two steady feet.
Stubborn but true, plain but profound,
Unflinching, Unchallenged, Unconquered, Unbound.”
