Betty Jean Hendricks' Obituary
Betty “Pat” Harrell HendricksBetty Hendricks, known all of her life as “Pat” passed away September 30, 2019. She was born April 9, 1928 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas to Elmer and Leah Owens Harrell. Pat graduated from Many, Louisiana High School in 1945. She was a graduate of SMU where she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority and Theta Sigma Phi, honorary journalism fraternity. In 1948, she married her longtime love, Harold L. Hendricks. They had three children.Pat was a reporter for the Dallas Time Herald and was a charter member of the Press Club of Dallas. She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years. She is survived by her first daughter, Kimberly Hendricks, her son Bruce Hendricks and his wife, Christine Cattell Hendricks and her granddaughter Kyra Hendricks, her second daughter Sharon Hendricks Howell and her husband Les Howell.In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St Judes Hospital, the SPCA or to Wounded Warriors.The Hendricks family plan a celebration of her life in the spring of 2020 and are overjoyed that she is reunited with her beloved Harold.“Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly…”Do not stand at my grave and weepI am not there; I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow, I am the sun on ripened grain, I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning’s hush I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there; I did not die.By Mary Elizabeth Frye
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