Oscar E Hensley (1920 - 2008)

Born 8 Dec 1920 in Tennessee, United States

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Died 20 Apr 2008 at age 87 in Oak Ridge, Anderson, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Oscar E Hensley Tech 4 US ARMY WORLD WAR II Oscar was born in 1920. He was the son of Earnest Hensley and Eva Lowe. He passed away in 2008.

Rev. Oscar E. Hensley, age 87, a resident of Oak Ridge, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, April 20, 2008, at Briarcliff Health Care Center in Oak Ridge. Mr. Hensley was born Dec. 8, 1920, in Anderson County. He was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Hensley was a retired binder foreman for the Department of Energy. He retired in 1985 after 26 years of service.

He served his country in the United States Army during WWII receiving several decorations and citations for battles and campaigns including four bronze battle stars, and a Bronze Arrowhead Medal. He was a devout Christian and a member of the Frost Bottom Missionary Baptist Church. His hobbies included flower gardening and reading. Mr. Hensley was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest Hensley and Eva Lowe Hensley; and by a sister, Ethel Braden.

He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Mamie Lee Qualls Hensley of Oak Ridge; by three daughters, Johnnie Fellers and husband, John, of Clinton, Loretta Brown and husband, Jerry, of Athens, and Michelle Giles and husband, Mike, of Oak Ridge; by a son, Ronnie Hensley and wife, Dale, of Kingston; by grandchildren, Michael Fellers and wife, Shellie, of Oak Ridge, Lori Thompson and husband, Curt, of Oak Ridge, Joe Fellers and wife, Tricia, of Knoxville, Adam Hensley and wife, Gina, of Knoxville, and Ashley Giles of Oak Ridge; by six great-grandchildren, Christian and Brennen Thompson, Josie, Olivia, and Will Fellers, and Savanah Humble.

He is survived by five sisters, Jean Carter, Ruby Brown, Louise Seiber, Mary Collett of Oliver Springs, and Jeanette Lively and husband, R.M., of Wartburg; by three brothers, Cordell Hensley of LaFollette, Wilburn Hensley and wife, Bobbie, of Oliver Springs, and Willie Hensley of Oliver Springs; and by a special friend, Andrew Lewis of Clinton.

Sources

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 March 2020), memorial page for Rev Oscar E Hensley (8 Dec 1920–20 Apr 2008), Find A Grave Memorial no. 40004328, citing Anderson Memorial Gardens and Chapel Mausoleum, Dossett, Anderson County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by osengineer3 (contributor 46925840) .

• "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN47-NCH : 4 December 2014), Oscar E Hensley and Mamie Qualls, 01 Apr 1950; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 416, Roane, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.

• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8TT-BKV : 5 December 2014), Oscar E Hensley, enlisted 11 Sep 1942, Ft Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JG2Y-4ZX : 20 May 2014), Oscar E Hensley, 20 Apr 2008; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP7B-6LJ : accessed 2 March 2020), Oscar E Hensley in household of Ernest Hensley, District 07, Anderson, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 8A, line 6, family 133, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2233; FHL microfilm 2,341,967.