Avah Ruth Henson, 89, of Iuka, Mississippi, died Sunday, February 27, 2022, at Tishomingo Community Living Center. Mrs. Henson was a devoted member of Mission Lighthouse Church and was a homemaker. She enjoyed working with flowers and visiting people in the nursing home. She is survived by two sisters, Jane Hendrix and Martha Marlar; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Henson; and her parents, Ernest Oscar and Bertha Elizabeth Dickinson Helton. Cutshall Funeral Home of Iuka, MS is entrusted with arrangements. Funeral services are scheduled for 1:00 p.m., Thursday, March 3, at Cutshall Funeral Home Chapel in Iuka, officiated by Bro. John Gwatney. Interment will follow in Garden of Memories in Sikeston, MO. Visitation is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. until service time at the funeral home on Thursday. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.
