• Edward William Henry III

    4 Jul 2016




    • Born: November 22, 1947
    • Died: July 3, 2016
    • Location: Mount Ida, AR

    Edward William Henry III, age 68, of Mount Ida, passed away July 3, 2016 at National Park Medical Center in Hot Springs, AR. He was born November 22, 1947 to Edward William Henry Jr. and Helen Catherine Metz in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Henry enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1968 serving in the Vietnam War. During his time of service, also was a Corpsman with the Marines and was known as “Doc Henry”. He worked for the Chicago Northwestern Railway, which later became the Union Pacific Rail Road for 32 years. He was a loving husband and father. Mr. Henry also loved the outdoors and traveling. He is preceded in death by his Father and 1 Brother.

    He is survived by his wife of 45 years Christine Henry of Mount Ida, Mother; Helen Henry of Des Plaines, IL, Son; Edward Henry IV of Clackamas, OR, Daughter; Emily Henry of Portland, OR, 4 Brothers and 3 Sisters.

    There will be a visitation held July 16, 2016 2-4 p.m. at Thornton Funeral Home in Mount Ida, AR. Cremation arrangements were made under the direction of Thornton Funeral Home of Mount Ida, AR.

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  • 8 comments

    John Hood

    6 Jul 2016

    Semper Fi to my corpsman brother and one of the best bosses I have worked for, you will be missed.

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    Denny and Kathy Wilson

    6 Jul 2016
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    Chris, Eddy, Emily, You have our deepest sympathy for you loss, Ed was one of a kind, I have so many fond memories with all of you. I remember the 1st time I took Ed to Mt Ida on a fishing trip he liked it so well said he was going to retire there someday and he did. He was always good to us. I always remember that when someone else had passes Ed always said it was a pleasure to have known you, I feel the same about Ed. He also became a pretty good mushroom hunter, remember the trip to Minn we picked over 100# of morels. I could go on an on. Again Our Deepest Sympathy To All Of You. Denny, Kathy, Mindy, Dustin Wilson If you are ever in the area please stop by we would love to see you.

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    Jeff & Cheryl Rankin

    6 Jul 2016

    What a great "boss" it was a pleasure to work for him. I remember getting called in around Christmas for snow duty. He had the owner of the local grocery store (Haleys) open up special and let him in so he could buy each one of us who worked that day a ham. He was kind hearted person and left behind many memories of all who knew him. You have our deepest sympathy for your family's loss.

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    Ken Butt

    6 Jul 2016

    Semper Fidelis! A fine friend of many years and a great asset for Marines. I'm glad to have had the opportunity to work with you all those years on the railroad. You will be missed.

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    Duane Farland

    6 Jul 2016

    Ed was the best guy I ever worked for. Never knew what he was going to say or do. But he was a joy to be around. My deepest sympathies to his family.

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    James Richardson

    7 Jul 2016
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    I had the pleasure of working with Ed off and on for many years! I always looked forward to working on Eds teritory cause he was fun to work for and talk to.He had a different way at looking at things and could always make you laugh or at least smile .Was so sad to to hear he had passed,condolences go out to his family.Ed was a good man,and will be missed!

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    charlotte and Billy Pierce

    8 Jul 2016

    Dear chris, we are so sorry to hear of Ed's passing. We have you in our thoughts and prayers at this time. Know he will be missed by us and lot of people. Glad you both were able to travel and make many memories. hope this will bring you some peace.

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    James Benefield

    9 Jul 2016

    My pleasure Mr. Henry. I Will always remember

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