Julian C. “Skip” Henderson

94 year old Julian C. “Skip” Henderson of Bowling Green, Kentucky died Thursday in Smithville. The funeral will be Monday at 2:00 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church in Bowling Green with burial in Fairview Cemetery # 1. Visitation is scheduled from 2:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. on Sunday at Johnson-Vaughn-Phelps Funeral Home and from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. on Monday at the Presbyterian Church. The Arlington, Kentucky native was a graduate of Murray State Normal School, now Murray State University, where he was the captain of the 1937 Football Team. Henderson retired as plant manager with South Central Bell, where he worked for 38 years. He was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America, past president of the Noon Kiwanis Club, and a member of the Blue Bell Campers. He was a member the Presbyterian Church where he served as Deacon and Elder. He was a son of the late Clinton H. Henderson and Julia C. Henderson and husband of the late Sarah H. Henderson. A brother, David “Cotton” Henderson preceded him in death. Survivors include a son, William C. Henderson and his wife, Gayle of Mount Vernon, Indiana; one daughter, Julia H. Wall and her husband Jim Wall of Smithville; three grandchildren, Caroline Henderson of Beaumont, Texas, Johanna Wallisa and her husband Shaun of Indianapolis, Indiana, and John Wall and his wife Heather of Louisville, Kentucky; two great grandsons, Chase Wall and Cole Wall; and several nieces and nephews.

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