Mr. Henry Cecil Bondurant

GREENSBORO - Mr. Henry Cecil Bondurant Sr., passed away on May 2, 2012 at the Moses Cone Palliative Care Center.
Funeral services will be held on Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Forbis and Dick Guilford Chapel. Interment will follow in New Garden Cemetery.
Henry was born on November 23, 1925 to the late Annie Stuart Bondurant and John Banner Bondurant. A native of Guilford County and the Guilford College Community, Henry worked for Thurston Motor Lines as a shop supervisor for 13 years, was the foreman at Overnite Transportation for 13 years, served as the manager of the Service Lane at Pilot Freight for 10 years and finished his work in transportation where he was the Vice-President of Maintenance for Salem Leasing for 10 years until he retired in 1990. He was a U.S. Navy veteran having served in World War II in Okinawa and the South Pacific.
Mr. Bondurant's civic and community service was vast. He was a charter member of the Guilford College Volunteer Fire Department where he served for 29 years. He retired from the fire department as Deputy Chief. Following his retirement he served on the Board of Directors for the Fire Department and was Chairman of the Board for 17 years. He also served as Scoutmaster for New Garden Friends Troop 328 for eight years. One of his best known accomplishments was that he started the Guilford College Little League Baseball. He supervised and coached in the league for 40 years. Pony League Baseball recognized the many years of service by naming him to The Pony League Baseball Hall of Fame. He also coached the Guilford College Steelers Youth Football Team for 30 years. The City of Greensboro Recreation Department honored him by naming one of the football fields at Jaycee Park, "The Henry Bondurant Field." In 1992, WFMY Channel 2 Television gave him a "Those Who Care" award for his service to the Piedmont. Following his retirement, Henry had a passion for golf; he played two or three times every week. He was a partner in forming the Alamance Senior Golf Association, which had 450 members.
Henry is survived by his wife of 68 years, Virginia Edwards Bondurant of the home; sons, Henry (Hank) C. Bondurant Jr. and wife Pearline of Raleigh, N.C., James Kenneth Bondurant and wife Karen of Jamestown and Michael Alan Bondurant and wife Stephanie of Knoxville, Tenn.; brothers, Bobby Bondurant and wife Katherine, John B. Bondurant Jr., and Charlie Bondurant and wife Sue; and one sister Ruth V. Bondurant; five grandchildren, three stepgrandchildren and six great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at Forbis and Dick Guilford Chapel, 5926 W. Friendly Ave., Greensboro, NC 27410.
Memorial contributions may be made to youth organizations of the donor's choice in memory of Henry C. Bondurant Sr.
Online condolences may be offered at www.forbisanddick.com