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I contacted Ken after learning of Jeff's passing yesterday.  Jeff was a
great guy and loved railroading.   He followed in his Dad's footsteps - his
Dad was a N&W conductor out of Williamson and #1 in Conductor seniority at
his time of his retirement. Growing up he lived in a house overlooking the
Williamson Yard.  We became good friends during the planning and execution
of the Pikeville/Buchanan Branch Convention a number of years ago.  We also
did a lot of railfanning and hanging out together during other Conventions
before and after the Pikeville/Buchanan Branch Convention including our
last Convention in Beckley.  He was a great guy and will be missed by those
who were his friends and many others.

Ed Painter - NWHS member #73 - from Narrows, VA living in Cohutta, GA

On Sat, Apr 13, 2024 at 7:34 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Unfortunately, these things seem to go in cycles of three, hopefully this
> is the last of the group
>
> Member Jeff Hensley of Pikeville, Kentucky, former NS yardmaster, who
> headed up our Convention a few years ago has passed away.
>
> Jeff was just a super nice guy, and always great to deal with. I will miss
> him.
>
> The obituary is as follows:
>
> Jeffery Eugene Hensley, age 69 of Pikeville, Kentucky passed away,
> Thursday, April 11, 2024, at the Pikeville Medical Center.
> He worked as a Yard Master for Norfolk Southern for 39 years and was a
> member of the Railroad Historical Society. He was a member of the First
> Baptist Church of Pikeville where he served as a Deacon and Sunday School
> Teacher. He was a former Board Member of the Williamson Athletic Hall of
> Fame and was inducted into the Williamson Athletic Hall of Fame in 2012.
> Jeffery was born in Williamson, West Virginia on November 22, 1954, a son
> of the late Eugene Carter "E C" Hensley and Ida Mae Fillinger Hensley.
> Along with his parents, he was also preceded in death by a sister, Francis
> Jeanette Hensley.
> He is survived by his wife, Tammie Kay Hobbs Hensley, one son, Jeffery
> Carter "JC" Hensley (Dr. Booke Lynn Hensley) of Pikeville, Kentucky and two
> daughters, Ern Mae Hensley Newsome of Pikeville, Kentucky and Kathryn
> Jeanett Hensley of Pikeville, Kentucky and one sister, Donna Sue Evans
> (Emerson "Skip") of Beckley, West, Virginia.
> He is also survived by three grandchildren, Addison Mae Newsome, Blakelynn
> Reece Hensley and Jaycee Blair Hensley.
> Visitation will be 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Sunday, April 14, 2024, in
> the J.W. Call Funeral Home Chapel.
> He will be moved to the First Baptist Church of Pikeville at 9:45 a.m.
> Monday, April 15, 2024, for visitation, Funeral Services will begin at
> 11:00 a.m. with Pastor Matthew Bone officiating. Burial will follow in the
> Mountain View Memory Gardens at Maher, West Viriginia.
> Honoring Jeffery by serving as Pallbearers will be, Jim Smith, Lynn
> Parrish, Doug Bailey, Mike Goff, Bill Staggs and Jim Hobbs.
> Serving as Honorary Pallbearers will be Skip Evans, Lawrence Bartley and
> Phillips Johnson.
> In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made in
> Jeffery's name to the First Baptist Church of Pikeville, 126 4th Street,
> Pikeville, Kentucky 41501.
> To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Jeffery, please
> visit our floral store.
>
> Best
> Ken Miller
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