 | Rev. Alex Hendry Family |
Andrew Alexander Hendry, son of James Madison Hendry and Martha Frances (Wingate) Hendry, was born September 7, 1904 Sandy, Manatee County, Florida and died June 2, 1968, Bradenton, Florida. He was known as "Alex."
Ordained in 1949 as a Baptist minister at Orient Baptist Church, Tampa, Florida, Alex was called as the pastor of Bethany Baptist Church on September 4, 1949 and served until September 30, 1951 and again June 8 to September 7, 1958. Other churches he pastored included Limestone, Dry Prairie, Myakka City, Clewiston, and Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church at Pine Level, which he served for the last nine years of his life. He was living at Myakka City at his demise.
Alex married (1) on December 19, 1925, Altha Duncan, born July 8, 1910, New Zion community, Ona, Florida; died August 13, 1946, Tampa, Florida; daughter of Jack Z. T. Duncan and Sarah Jane (Stephens) Duncan. He married (2) May 9, 1947 Mattie Opal DuBose, born November 11, 1916, Starke, Florida; died July 3, 1994, Sarasota, Florida. Opal married (2) Arie Roberts, born ca. 1910; died April 1982, Palatka, Florida; son of Bill and Ida Roberts of the New Zion community. Alex, Altha and Opal Hendry are buried in New Zion Cemetery, Ona, Florida. Also buried in New Zion Cemetery are two infant sons of Alex and Altha, Alex Jr. and Moses.
Issue of Rev. Alex Hendry and (1) Altha (Duncan) Hendry:
1. Audrey Otis Hendry, born Feb. 12, 1928; married on Dec. 24, 1946 Gertrude Stewart. A. O., ordained in 1961, is a Baptist minister and has served numerous churches including Bethany Church, of which he presently pastors.
2. Earl Louis "Bo" Hendry, born Oct. 7, 1929; married on Aug. 6, 1948 Dorothy Kathleen Minton.
3. Gloria LaForie Hendry, born May 25, 1931; married on March 11, 1950 Charles Lindberg McGinnis.
4. Bruce Coleman “Buddy” Hendry, born Aug. 4, 1935; died June 9, 2005, Palmetto, FL; buried Bethany Baptist Cemetery; married (1) Feb. 4, 1953 Lillian May Tate; div.; (2) Linda Lanier Cole.
Issue of Rev. Alex Hendry and (2) Opal (DuBose) Hendry:
5. Alice Fay Hendry, born Dec. 6, 1951; married on June 4, 1971 Ronald Ray Moye.
Alex Hendry, USMC, ca. 1922
L-R: Rev. A. O. Hendry, Bo Hendry, Gloria H. McGinnis, Buddy Hendry, Alice H. Moye , Ona, Fla., Nov. 15, 1997, courtesy of Alice H. Moye
Family of Rev. Alex Hendry, Ona, Fla., November 1997, courtesy of Alice H. Moye
L-R Standing: Alice H. Moye, Trudy Hendry, A. O. Hendry; seated, Buddy Hendry, Bethany, June 2, 2002, courtesy of Melissa Sue Brewer
Lindsey Moye, 2007
February 27 & June 11, 2002, May 24, 2007, March 29, 2009