Wallace Huston Henderson Jr. 83 of Ormond Beach FL passed away December 26 2012. Wally was born July 11 1929 to Wallace Huston Henderson Sr. and Genevieve Finkbeiner Henderson in Wheeling WV.
He graduated Tridelphia HS in Wheeling in 1947 and was accepted to Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh but enlisted in the US army due to family's economic issues. He served two tours of duty in Korea in the Signal Corps reaching the rank of staff sargent.
In 1952 he married Suzanne Meglich the only child of David and Vera Foster Meglich of West Alexander PA.
The couple moved to Summersville WV in 1953 where Wally and his brother in law Robert Wharton founded a coal mining supply company Crest Supply which is still in operation today.
Wally and Suzanne had two sons David of Ormond Beach and Robert Bruce of Seattle WA. He and Suzanne moved permanently to Ormond Beach in 2006 after wintering in Ormond since 2000.
Suzanne predeceased him in 2008 after a seven year battle with cancer. Wally was a private pilot 32nd degree Mason an accomplished world wide big game hunter outdoorsman and expert radio control scale model airplane builder.
He is survived by his sons David and Bruce grand children Nathan Alan Henderson of Columbia SC Nicole Henderson Barnes of Port Charlotte Melissa Suzanne Henderson of Jacksonville Jacob Henderson of Seattle WA Suzanne Henderson of Seattle WA and great grandson Wallace Pate Henderson of Columbia SC.
Memorial Service will be held Friday January 11 2013 at 6:00pm at Lohman Funeral Home Ormond.
In Lieu of flowers please send donations made out to Wally's Squadron RC Flyers in care of David Henderson 305 Memorial Medical Parkway Suite 301 Daytona Beach FL 32117. Arrangements are under the careful direction of Lohman Funeral Home Ormond.