HENDERSON, Taylor S. (T.S.)

Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona April 4, 1968 T. S. Henderson The Masonic Lodge, with which he had been prominently identified for many years, conducted graveside rites at the Wickenburg Cemetery last Saturday afternoon for Taylor S. Henderson, familiarly known as "Shorty." He died March 27 in Community Hospital here where he had been taken after being stricken in his home two days before. Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. W. Howard Blazer officiating. Mr. Henderson was a native Arizonan, born October 29, 1900 in Tonto, Arizona. In his younger days he was a professional wrestler and ranked high in that sport. He came to Wickenburg in 1945, establishing a plumbing business which he operated until 1954. During those years he served on the Town Council and was active in the business and civic life of the community. Upon disposing of his business interests here he and the late Mrs. Henderson moved to Santa Barbara where they resided for eight years, returning to again make their home here in 1962. Mrs. Henderson died just a few months ago. In recent years Mr. Henderson had served as a Democratic precinct committeeman and became active in local Democratic politics. At the time of his death he was president of the Wickenburg Shrine Club, being a member of El Zaribah Shrine in Phoenix. He was a lifetime member of the Miami, Arizona, Elks Lodge and was recently honored by the Wickenburg Elks Lodge in a ceremony paying tribute to lifetime Elk members. Mr. Henderson is survived by one brother, Frank, of Phoenix, and two sisters, Mrs. Polly Lyall, Globe, Arizona, and Mrs. Pearl Holmes, Mina, Nevada. There were 19 brothers and sisters in his family. Several nieces and nephews also survive.