Born in Jackson, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Samuel Ervin Lanning
and Hannah (Phillips) Lanning
Sister of
Lester Dee Lanning
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 84
in Clyde, Haywood, North Carolina, United States
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Biography
Thelma was born in 1936. She was the daughter of Samuel Lanning.
This bio was taken from her findagrave site:
"Thelma Lena Lanning Hensley, age 84, passed away on Tuesday, August 17, 2021, at Haywood Regional Medical Center.
A native of Jackson County, she was a daughter of the late Samuel and Hannah Phillips Lanning. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Brenda James; brother Tom Lanning; and grandson Rico Martinez. Thelma enjoyed raising her sisters, brothers, children and grandchildren.
Thelma is survived by two daughters, Linda Cervantes and Glenda Hensley; three sons, Mike, Danny and Gary Hensley; sister, Barbara Golden; three brothers, Lester, George and Ned Lanning; 10 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date."
She passed away in 2021.
Sources
Year: 1940; Census Place: Waynesville, Haywood, North Carolina; Roll: m-t0627-02927; Page: 29B; Enumeration District: 44-25
National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Caney Fork, Jackson, North Carolina; Roll: 1477; Page: 19; Enumeration District: 50-3
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