Edward Henning

Family-Placed Death Notice

HENNING, Edward Edward Joseph Henning died April 6, 2010 peacefully at home. Ed was born in Atlanta, Georgia on May 14, 1929 and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia and Miami, Florida. He attended Boy's High School in Atlanta and graduated from Miami High School. He attended Emory University and graduated from the University of Georgia Law School. He served in the Marine Corps during the Korean conflict. He co-founded the law firm of Henning, Chambers & Mabry, and practiced law for over forty years. As an innovative thinker, Ed knew there was an alternative way to settle disputes which led to him founding Henning Mediation & Arbitration Service, which will continue to be carried on by the Henning family. Ed is preceded in death by his mother, Laura Askew Henning and his father, Edward M. Henning, his daughter Holly Henning Campbell and his grandson, Shane Alexander Campbell. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Helen Phillips Henning, his son David Edward Henning and his daughter-in-law, Joyce Elaine Henning, his grandsons, David Patrick Henning, Travis Christian Campbell, and Collin Edward Campbell, and his granddaughter, Nicole Ryan Henning, his Aunt, Gertrude A. Schwarz (109 years of age), first cousins, Martha and Alex Reeves, and many in-laws, nephews and nieces. Ed was an avid golfer in his younger days and loved to travel. He and his son enjoyed the courses in Scotland together. He contributed many hours to the Atlanta Golf Classic whose charity was the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. He was a member of the Atlanta Bar Association, The American Bar Association, The Georgia Bar Association, Old War Horse Lawyers and the Judicial Invitational Golf Classic. A memorial service celebrating Mr. Henning's life will be held Saturday, April 10, 2010, at 11 o'clock, at H.M. Patterson and Son, Arlington Chapel, 173 Allen Road, Sandy Springs, GA, 30328, (404-851-9900). The family will receive friends, Friday evening, April 9, 2010, from 6:00 until 8:00 o'clock, in Arlington Chapel. Mr. James B. Hiers will lead the service. Interment of ashes will occur at a later date. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the American Liver Foundation, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, or to your favorite charity. EDWARD JOSEPH HENNING