George Henson Jr.
On Tuesday, October 4, 2022, George “Jack” “Big Daddy” Henson Jr., 80, of Monongahela, a beloved husband, father, brother, grandfather, uncle and friend, passed on from this world to join the love of his life, Virginia Louise Miller, in the eternal after. He was born July 26, 1942, to George Sr. and Emma Green Henson in Monongahela.
He graduated from Monongahela High School in 1960 and soon after moved to New Jersey, where he reacquainted with his high school sweetheart, Virginia Louise Miller, and moved back to the Monongahela area to start a family.
Jack spent his life running a successful commercial cleaning business and, along with his wife, raising his four boys into four men.
A longtime member of the Ringgold School District School Board, he enjoyed coaching sports, golfing, hanging out with his buddies at the Hilltop, traveling with his family, spending time in the mountains in Somerset, enjoying time with his grand and great-grandchildren, caring for his dogs and doing all within his power to ensure a better life for those he cared about. His generosity really held no bounds and all who knew him can attest to it. We, in the the Henson family, will grieve the loss of the physical presence of our loved one, but he will live on in our minds because we all know that hero’s never die.
Surviving are his four boys, Scott (Lisa), Shawn, Rocky (Tammy) and Ryan Henson; his sister, Donna Jones; six grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; and many other friends, family and pets.
He was predeceased by his sister, Judy Henson Revetta; and a brother, Harold “Budd” Henson.
A small, private, family-only service was held in the Marshall Marra Funeral Home, 216 Chess Street, Monongahela (724-258-6767).
In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests donations to the American Diabetes Association at diabetes.org or P.O. Box 7023, Merrifield, VA 22116-7023.
Condolences for the family can be made at marshallmarrafuneralhome.com.