Norman Hollis Hendry, 86, of Decatur, Alabama passed from his earthly home to his heavenly home on Friday, November 17, 2023, at the Decatur Morgan Hospital in Decatur, Alabama. He was born on Friday, October 1, 1937, in Jasper County, Mississippi.
Mr. Norman Hendry was an entrepreneur at heart, always seeking to make things better regardless of the venture. Mr. Hendry began his career in animal health pharmaceutical sales with Abbott Laboratories in the sixties. By the 1970s, he decided to return to his roots in Mississippi and began farming hundreds of acres of soybeans, and in parallel, he was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives where he served for four years. He was the first person to ever transport soybeans by rail from his hometown of Bay Springs, MS. He also was a Charter Board Member and one of the founders of Sylva-Bay Academy in 1970. Later, he became an independent oil producer and owner of a poultry equipment supply company. He was a Trustee at Walter’s Chapel Church for a time. In the early 1990s, it was time for a new adventure, and he began working in the automotive industry at Delphi and Delco Remy where he continued to work until his retirement in 2008. During retirement, he enjoyed fishing and deer hunting, especially with his son, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, great-nephew, and other family and friends, as well as riding his Honda Goldwing Motorcycle, and following the stock market. Many days over the past few years, you could usually find him in his recliner with the lamp shining over his shoulder reading his Bible. After all his adventures, what was really the most important thing to him-—-—– Love of God and Love of Family.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, November 22, 2023, from 9:00 until 10:30 a.m. at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home, 22 E 4th Avenue, Bay Springs, MS. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, November 22, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home. The burial will follow in Walters Chapel Cemetery in Bay Springs, Mississippi. Reverend Dwayne Windham will officiate. Special music will be provided by Cheryl Stark and her husband, Adam Stark. Colonial Chapel Funeral Home of Bay Springs is in charge of arrangements. 601-764-2181
He was preceded in death by his father, Byron Hendry; mother, Louria Viola Underwood Hendry; brothers, Paschal Hendry, Dorsett Hendry, Marshall Hendry and Sherrill Hendry; and sister, MacEvelyn Hendry Turner.
Survivors include his loving wife of almost sixty years, Nila Ann McCrory Hendry; daughter, Twila Hendry Hudry and her husband, Wayne and their children, Juliana and David; son, Shannon Hendry and his wife, Amy and their children, Katherine Hendry, and Holly Hendry McCartha and Holly`s husband, Justice McCartha; daughter, Kerri Hendry Taylor and her husband, Charles and their children, Lauren, Rebekah, Caroline, and Emma; and a host of other family members and friends.
Pallbearers will be Shannon Hendry, Keith Hendry, David Hudry, Wayne Hudry, Charles Taylor, and Donovan Windham.
Honorary pallbearers will be Milton Hendry and Ron Davis.
An online guestbook may be signed at www.colonialchapelbaysprings.com
