Henry Ward “Junior” Doherty Jr.

Published 8:30 am Wednesday, May 26, 2010

          BUTLER, Ala. – Services for Henry Ward “Junior” Doherty Jr. will be held today at 2 p.m. at Eureka Baptist Church in Fordtown with the Revs. Jason Wright and Donald Gentry officiating. Burial will be in Eureka Cemetery with Bumpers Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

          Mr. Doherty, 86, of Yantley, died Monday May 24, 2010, at Rush Foundation Hospital in Meridian, Miss.

          Survivors include his daughter, Jane Shannon and her husband, Frank, of Cuba; sons, Hank Doherty and his wife, Rita, of Yantley and Damon Doherty and his wife, Rona, of Porter, Texas; grandchildren, Leigh Shannon of Cuba, Lonnie Shannon and his wife, Lisa, of Collinsville, Miss., Adam Doherty of Atlantic Beach, Fla., Katie Anderson and her husband, Jeff, of Meridian, Miss., Kami Wright and her husband, Jason, of Abilene, Texas, Keely Doherty, Kyle Doherty and Karson Doherty, all of Porter, Texas; and five great-grandchildren.

          He was preceded in death by his wife of 30 years, Sara Virginia Ford Doherty.

          Pallbearers will be Lonnie Shannon, Jeff Anderson, Joel Speed, Alan Shepherd, William “Dewey” Cook, J.T. Hughes and Mickey Ray Garrison.

          Honorary pallbearers will be Alfred Shepherd, Charles Speed, James Richard Cross, Roy Garrison Jr. and Jimmy Corn.

          Family and friends may sign the online guestbook at bumpersfuneralhome.com.

          Visitation will be today, one hour prior to services at the church.