Edith May Vernon Henkes, 80, of Wadsworth, TX, passed away on August 11, 2020 at Harbor Hospice in Houston, TX. She was born June 9, 1940, in Houston, TX, to Alton and Mildred Wingate Vernon.

During the late 50's and early 60's she worked as a telephone operator in Houston, and transferred to Bay City, TX after marrying James Louis Henkes at the age of 18. She stayed home lovingly raising her 4 sons until the1990's when she started working at Matagorda General Hospital as a PBX operator, and then worked at the post office in Wadsworth, TX.

She enjoyed reading and cooking and talking about old times with her family and friends. She also enjoyed traveling and talking about the places she had been when she was younger.

Edith is survived by her sons Daniel Ray Henkes, James Louis Henkes, Jr., and Richard Edwin Henkes (Stephanie Henkes), her brother Alton Vernon, and her grandchildren Jenna Nicole Henkes, Courtney Lynn Henkes, Dalton Richard Henkes and Selah Lynn Henkes. She is preceded in death by her father Alton Edwin Vernon, her mother Mildred Elmira Wingate Vernon; her son Vernon Louis Henkes; her step-mother Etta Ainsworth Vernon, her step-sister Pauline DeGeorge.

The family will receive friends and relatives beginning at 1:00 pm Thursday, August 20, 2020 at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home. Services will follow at 2:00 pm. Interment will follow at Roselawn Memorial Park in Van Vleck.