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1937
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2024
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Betty Hendricks Obituary
She married Fred William "Dub" Hendricks on November 10, 1960, and they moved to Odessa, Texas. He was a machinist/mechanic and she was a mother to three boys.
In 1970, BJ and her husband came to salvation in the Lord Jesus Christ through the ministry of Maranatha Baptist Church. A year later, Dub was ordained into the gospel ministry and the family moved to Jal, New Mexico, for his first of numerous pastorates throughout Texas.
In 1979, Community Baptist Church in San Marcos, Texas, called Dub as the pastor. He faithfully remained there 33 years. BJ was a dedicated pastor's wife and was devoted to her church family. She worked as a hospital volunteer and gained her 30-year service pin.
She moved to Oklahoma to live with her son and his family in 2014. Her sunny disposition and quick smile was infectious. However, she is best remembered by her favorite saying that she said to everyone: "I love you a bushel and a peck, and a hug around the neck!" She often said everybody needed a hug whether they knew it or not.
BJ was preceded in death by her husband, a grandson Ethan, and a daughter-in-law Michelle. She is survived by three sons and a daughter-in-law, Willam Garrett, Earl Wayne and Anita Lynn, and Johnny Dale, as well as numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Visitation is Sunday, April 14th, 1:00-3:00pm at Pennington Funeral Home, 323 N. Comanche St., San Marcos, Texas. Funeral Service is Monday, April 15th, 10:00am, also at Pennington Funeral Home. Graveside service will be Tuesday, April 17th, 9:30am at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas.
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Trena Page
April 9, 2024
I met BJ the first time I entered the doors of Community Baptist Church. She greeted me with a smile from ear to ear and proceeded to tell me that I could call her Granny. She introduced me to everyone there. I visited her once in Oklahoma. She pulled out every picture she had of her family members and proceeded to tell me about each and every one of them. She loved her family. BJ loved everybody and never met a stranger. I can't tell you how many times I heard her sing "I love you a Bushel and a Peck and a Hug around the neck! Woo Hoo!" I never heard that melody before but won't forget it, BJ had a great singing voice. On that Oklahoma visit she sang a song for me that I enjoyed it so much I asked her to sing it twice! BJ was a petite woman with a lot of personality and spunk. She took me on a walking trail next to the church and i was impressed about her nimbleness and how fast she was and for a short while on that walk being jealous of a woman older than my own mother. BJ was a grand blessing to have known. For me, it was for a shorter season than for the other members at Community Baptist Church.but as long as I'm living, she'll have a special place in my memory and I know that one day I'll meet her again in heaven.
Adrian Gage Narvaiz
April 8, 2024
Mrs. BJ would always take me to the dessert table on fellowship Sundays and let me get a treat before I ate my food. She never told my dad on me and has left me with a core childhood memory! Sending a lot of love from my family in Florida.
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