Elizabeth Henry

BLUEFIELD- Elizabeth Anne Henry, 88, of Heatherwood Road in Bluefield, departed for paradise on Ash Wednesday after a long illness, holding her son’s hand at her home. She began her lifetime in Bluefield, W.Va. on October 30th, 1922, when the late James Marvin Anderson and Evie Maude Lazenby brought their only child home to Highland Ave. Mr. Anderson was manager of Anderson Department Store in Abbeville, S.C., where his future wife was a milliner, and married her in August, 1919, at the home of her brother R. E. Lazenby in Bluefield. “Libby Anne” prepared for a career in dietetics, undeterred by a hearing disability, at Wade Elementary School, Bluefield Junior High School and Bluefield High School, receiving her B.S. at Winthrop College in Rock Hill, S.C. and interning at Watts Hospital in Durham, N.C. She served as dietary instructor at Charlotte Memorial Hospital and Head Dietician at High Point Memorial Hospital before coming home to feed people in Bluefield. She met the love of her life, the late Robert R. Henry III of Roanoke, on an April day when she and her mother toured a house Mr. Henry was renting in Bluefield. The couple married on October 9th, 1953 at the home of R.E. Lazenby. Mrs. Henry nurtured her family and community as Head Dietician at the Bluefield Sanitarium, St. Lukes Hospital and Bluefield Regional Medical Center, retiring in 1987 to serve as dietary consultant at area nursing homes and encourage the literary ambitions of her son. She loved belonging to the Daughters of the American Revolution, for over fifty years, the Greater Bluefield Garden Club, the McGuffy Book Club, the West Virginia Chapter of the American Dietietic Association, which she served as President, and her spiritual family at Bland Street Methodist Church. She is survived by her son, Robert Randolph Henry IV and daughter-in-law Linda Jeanne Henry of Heatherwood Road, and granddaughters, Sarah Brittany Henry and Kristen Michelle Wyman of New York City. Her life will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bland Street United Methodist Church, with the Reverend David Hall officiating, followed by a luncheon in her honor at the church. She will be buried beside her husband of 48 years, missed since 2001, in a private ceremony at Monte Vista Park Cemetery. She may be honored by contributing to the Family Care Committee of Bland Street United Methodist Church or feeding a hungry soul. Those wishing to share memories or condolence messages with the family may do so by visiting www.MercerFuneralHome.com Mercer Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the family of Mrs. Elizabeth Anne Henry.

Elizabeth Henry

October 30, 1922 - March 9, 2011