Laura Treavel Henderson

Laura Treavel Mounts Henderson, 83, of Huntington, went to be with Jesus, Wednesday September 26, 2012. She was at the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House of Huntington. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 pm Saturday at the Reger Funeral Chapel by Pastor John Skaggs. Burial will follow in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville. She was born January 17, 1929 in Ranger, WV a daughter of the late James Chilton and Dora Ethel Justice Mounts. She was a devoted mother and homemaker. She worked for the former Sylvania Electric Company of Huntington during WWII and was the bookkeeper for Greenhills Country Club of Ravenswood, WV. Treavel was a member of Baptists in Community, was the secretary of 7th Ave. Baptist Church of Huntington and the financial secretary of Baptists in Community. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a granddaughter Bryony Elizabeth Henderson; three step-children, whom she raised, Jerry Lee Henderson and his twin sister Judy Marie Henderson and Carolyn Henderson; four brothers Sid, Jack, Charlie and Paul Mounts and a sister Garnet Scites. Survivors include her husband of 65 years Van Buren Henderson; two sons and daughters in law Van Dwight and Nancy Henderson of Sacramento, California and Dr. Dan W. Henderson and his wife Leigh-Ann Henderson of Milton, WV; two step children, whom she raised; Janet Henderson and Joyce Henderson; two grandsons and a spouse Stephan Henderson, Lee and Jill Henderson all of California; four sisters Rosalie Herbert, Elsie Ross, Urna Donahue and Betty Adkins and several nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to Baptists in Community, 1012 Thornburg St., Huntington, WV, 25701. Condolences may be made to the family at www.regerfh.com.