Gregory Wayne Henry

Gregory Wayne Henry, 59, of Big Spring, passed away, Monday, July 5, 2021. Funeral services were at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 10, 2021, at the First Baptist Church in Big Spring.

Greg was born August 8, 1961, in Big Spring to Wayne Henry and Londa Coker Henry. He graduated from Big Spring High School and Southwest Texas State University. He married Lori Henry in 1988 and they lived in Big Spring, Mt. Pleasant, and Arlington before returning to Big Spring in 2015.

Greg’s jobs included Howard College Asst. Baseball Coach, North East Texas College Asst. Baseball Coach, Clarendon College Facilities Director of Development, and Donley County Bank Marketing Director. He was an excellent salesman with an eye to detail and incredible patience to win the sale. It was no surprise that these skills helped him build a successful used pallet company in Dallas with two partners, Philip Shoffner and Travis Burgess.

In his most recent position as Executive Director of the Big Spring Area Community Foundation, he found joy and success yet again as he “jumped in the deep end” with all he had and quickly brought the Foundation to a broader public awareness. He served the community on the boards of Rotary, Chamber of Commerce and Runnels Classical Christian Academy.

He served as the master of ceremonies for the past several years at Clarendon’s Col. Charles Goodnight Chuckwagon Cookoff, and he was an active member of Life Church and involved with several ministries of the church.

He had multiple interests and he was as comfortable in a boardroom as on a horse. As a baseball coach, he developed baseball players and nourished lifelong relationships with them. He was especially proud of the JUCO World Series Championship that they won in 1996.
He had a strong Christian faith and valued his Christian heritage. He loved to study the Bible and wrote over 300 Cowboy devotionals that used the many activities of a working ranch to illustrate God’s love, truth, creation and salvation.

He was a great athlete who excelled in football, baseball, golf, snow skiing, and waterskiing. His love for the outdoors was only surpassed by his love for people. He never met a stranger. He was the life of the party and would make everyone laugh with his illustrative way of telling stories.

He was preceded in death by his father, Wayne Henry and grandparents, Lonnie and Evlyn Coker and Woodrow and Cecil Henry and aunt, Gloria Petterson.

He is survived by his wife Lori Henry of Big Spring; his mother Londa Henry of Big Spring and his in-laws Jeffie and Ricky Phinney of Coahoma; his sister Shawna Ashlock (Larry) of Granbury; his brother Kurt Henry (Amy) of Peaster; his brother-in-law Jay Phinney (Kim) of Big Spring. He was the proud uncle of Lauren Barksdale (Ben) of Keller; Zac Phinney (Andrea) of Big Spring; Aaron Ashlock (Diana) of Aubrey; Ashley Brown (Hunter) of Big Spring; Heston Henry (Emily) of Cleburne; Holland Henry (fiancée Hannah) of Frisco, and Kord and Rawlins Henry of Peaster, and great nieces and nephews – Evie, Hudson and Moses Barksdale, Baylor and Lucia Ashlock, Dylan and Atticus Brown. Also, cousins Dane and Philip Shoffner of Trophy Club, TX; Cort Petterson (Marci) of League City, Bruin Petterson (Chelsea) of Odessa, and Uncle Paul Petterson (Laura) of Odessa, as well as a host of other cousins and family members.
Pallbearers will be Zac Phinney, Hunter Brown, Heston Henry, Holland Henry, Ben Barksdale, Roy Worthy and Jeb Worthy.

The family suggests memorials to Big Spring Area Community Foundation, 707 Scurry, Big Spring, TX. 79720, or Baptist Center for Global Concerns, 1417 W Arkansas Ln., Suite 201, Arlington Tx 76013.

Online condolences can be made at www.npwelch.com.