Funeral services for Jean Headen, 90, of Wills Point, are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 9, 2016, at the Wills Point Church of Christ with Mr. Russell Harris officiating. Interment will follow at White Rose Cemetery in Wills Point under the direction of Allan Fuller Funeral Home in Wills Point.
She passed away Monday night, December 5, 2016, at Baylor Scott & White Hospital in Dallas, after a brief struggle with seizures and a stroke.
Jean was born March 5, 1926, in the Small Community north of Edgewood, the daughter of John Roger Henson and Nina Johnson Henson. She was raised in the Small Community, where she attended elementary school before entering Edgewood I.S.D. On August 17, 1942, Jean married Thomas Vernon Gunter and they lived in the Bethlehem Community east of Wills Point prior to moving to Wills Point, where she resided today. To this union three children were born Sammy, Karon and Randall. On March 8, 1963, T.V. died from complications of rheumatoid arthritis. Later on July 3, 1964, she married James Melvin Headen. During her nursing career of thirty-three years, she worked at Baker Clinic Hospital in Wills Point, Colonial Hospital in Terrell and retired from Crestwood Nursing Home in Wills Point. Jean enjoyed sewing, quilting, going out to eat and being with family and friends. She was a member of Busy "B" Club, Red Hat Ladies and the Church of Christ Quilters Club. She was lovingly called Mother by her children and Mamma Jean by all her grandchildren. Jean was a faithful member of the Wills Point Church of Christ. She will be greatly missed.
Preceded in death by her parents, Roger & Nina Henson, two husbands, T.V. Gunter and James M. Headen on October 23, 2005; grandson, Ryan Greg Null on January 13, 2007; four sisters, Ethylene Brewer, Cleone Coursey, Laverne Hudgens and Ina Smith and two brothers, Mack Henson and Alvin Henson.
Jean is survived by two sons, Sammy Vernon Gunter & wife, Donna, of Wills Point and Randall Gunter, of Wills Point; step-son, Mark Headen, of Garland; daughter, Karon Null, of Katy; seven grandchildren, Kim Wicks & husband, Tom, Krisann Stegall & husband, Gary, Sammi Dee Hogan & husband, Rob, Lauren McMillon & husband, David, John R. Gunter, II, Jess Riley Gunter and Carla Levy & husband, Ben; six great-grandchildren, Blake Hill, Emily Levy, Brandi Voight, Tyler Wicks, Jordyn Mayne and Bradley McMillon and five great-great grandchildren, Heidi Wicks, Jane Wicks, Lydia Voight, Thatcher Voight and Ryann Gleghorn.
Family will receive friends at the Wills Point Church of Christ one hour prior to service.