Alvin Eugene Henry

ALVIN’S JOURNEY Alvin Eugene Henry was born on Friday, March 8, 1940 and departed this life on Monday, May 1, 2023, at Talbot Hospice, in Easton, Maryland. Alvin was the 9th of 12 children born to the late Charlie Alfred Henry and Viola Darling Groce Henry. He was 83 years old. Raised in a loving Christian home, Alvin grew up in a farming community just outside of Goldsboro, Maryland. He attended Ridgely Elementary School, Ridgely, Maryland, and graduated from Lockerman High School in Denton, Maryland. Alvin enlisted in the United States Air Force on November 12, 1959 and was stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, North Carolina and McGuire Air Force Base in New Hanover, New Jersey. After his honorable discharge from active duty, he also served in the Air National Guard for 6 years. Alvin was a part of the silent generation that tended to be very patriotic and ambitious. They were also plagued with the Korean War and economic instability following WWII. When he put his mind to it there was nothing he couldn’t accomplish. If Alvin challenged you to a game of cards, chess or checkers, he would not be defeated. He was a strong man, resilient and determined. He had a quiet and sure strength and never complained. Alvin loved the Lord and spent time reading and studying the Holy Bible, especially the book of Moses. In 2016, Alvin went to live at Signature HealthCare at Mallard Bay, in Cambridge, Maryland. He was not the average nursing home resident. Each day he was dressed to impress in his collared shirt and dress pants, and walked the halls, visiting and talking with staff and residents. Alvin loved to dance, sing, and was eager to participate in most activities and remained engaged. He also enjoyed the road trips to visit with family, coffee and apple pie at Denny’s and spending time with his great-niece at her home whenever he could. When Alvin he was surprised or in disbelief, he was famous for saying, “Holy Toledo” and if he was done with the conversation, he would shrug his shoulders and say, “I don’t know nothing about it!” In addition to his parents, Alvin was preceded in death by six brothers, Clifford, Clifton, Charles Curtis, William, Spencer and Noble Henry; three sisters, Sylvia Arneta Taylor, Mary Hazel Seth, and Janis Taylor and one grandson. He is survived by: three daughters, Damita, Chara and Treena; four grandchildren; one great grandchild; two sisters, Delores Price and Charlotta Wilson; sister-in-law, Lutricia Henry; brother-in-law, Herbert Seth; a very special great-niece, Charlene and her husband Andre Gould, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. SUBMITTED WITH LOVE ~ THE FAMILY

Alvin Eugene Henry

March 8, 1940 - May 1, 2023