Wilma Lee Hensley

Wilma Lee (Gibson) Hensley, age 77 went to her Heavenly home on the morning of Friday, May 3rd, 2019 at her daughter’s house. Wilma once ran Wilma’s Beauty Shop in her family home. After being stricken with debilitating rheumatoid arthritis, she began keeping children in her home and continued to do that for 15 years. She is preceded in death by her mother Jessie Gibson, father William T. Gibson, brother Billy Gibson, and most recently her loving husband of 55 years, Randy E. Hensley. She leaves her legacy to live on in surviving family members, daughter Donna Sanford (Sean), son Randy Hensley (Darlene), granddaughters Ashton Birdwell (Colton), Laurel Hensley (Fiancé Justin), Shawnna and Savanna Sanford, and 2 step-granddaughters, Mindy Wells (Jason) and Kristen Cunningham (Tyler), and great-grand daughters Hensley and Harlyn Birdwell. She will be remembered as a golden heart who always put everyone before herself. When she met you, you were a stranger, but she left you as a friend. She was the strongest woman and we are proud to call her mom and grandma. The family will receive friends from 5:30 – 7:30 pm on Monday, May 6, 2019 at Mynatt Funeral Home Fountain City Chapel with a service to follow at 7:30 pm, Rev. Tyler Cunningham officiating. Family and friends will meet at 10:45 am for an 11:00 am interment at Sherwood Memorial Gardens on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.