MICHELLE EDWARDS HENSON, 61, of Boerne,
TX passed from this life Nov. 28, 2023.
There will be a visitation from 6:00 to 8:00 PM
Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, at Ebensburger Fisher
Funeral Home, 1265 N. Main St. in Boerne followed
by a visitation from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Friday,
Dec. 8, 2023, at First Baptist Church, 409
Walnut St. in Ranger.
Services will be 1:00 PM Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023,
at First Baptist Church in Ranger with Dr. T.
Nathan Tucker and Pastor Rodney Carpenter
officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Marion
Cemetery in Strawn with Rev. Michael Orsini
officiating. Reception to be held immediately
following the graveside at The Watson House,
115 Watson Place in Strawn.
Jana Michelle Henson was born Oct. 12, 1962, in
Snyder, TX to Jerry Tom & Patricia (Brooks)
Edwards. She grew up in Snyder, Strawn and
Ranger, TX. She was a graduate of Ranger High
School in 1981. She graduated from Ranger
College and received her Bachelor's Degree in
Accounting, from Tarleton State University.
She worked for her family's business, Edwards
Funeral Homes, then FDLIC & Directors Succession
Planning, along with several other funeral
related companies before joining ETS, where
she was a Manager of Finance.
She was dedicated to her work and during her
career she learned to channel her anger,
resolve and determination into her work
where she would over-achileve on every task
or goal, which made her a dream employee.
She is survived by the light of her life, her
daughter Brandy Bartz, and husband Zac; her
father, Jerry Edwards and wife Margaret; her
brother, Terry Edwards, and wife Deana; her
sisters, Suzanne Edwards Hunter, and husband,
Deron and Heather Edwards Hauboldt (RHS-1989),
and husband Charlie; her sister-in-law, Phyllis
(PJ) Edwards; her two favorite girls, her grand-
daughters, Amelia Emerson and Vivien Grey Bartz;
her nieces and nephews, Wendy Tate, Ben Edwards,
Blake Edwards, Ian Edwards, Orie Edwards, Echo
Edwards, Megan Webb, Brooke Thompson and Carsten
Hauboldt; her great-nephews, Taylor Tate, Jacob
Edwards, Brekken Edwards, Perrin Edwards and
Wyatt Edwards; numerous cousins & family members
that she cherished.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Pat
"Mama Pat" Edwards in 2012, her paternal grand-
parents, Tommy Edwards and Vella Edwards Hill
and maternal grandparents Charles and Edith
Brooks.
Michelle was known for her beautiful smile and
infectious laugh. She loved BIG and WIDE, always
gathering people up along her life journey. She
had a childlike quality of accepting all people
and loving them for exactly who they are. She was
a true friend. She always put others first and
would help anyone in need. She often said she had
a face that people she did not even know would
share their life story with. She had a free spirit
and loved adventure, which Vivien gets from her.
Music spoke to her soul, she said she could be
having a bad day and a song could turn it around,
which Amelia gets from her. She truly adopted the
philosophy "When life gives you lemons you make
lemonade?.
Her love for Jesus made her eager to learn all the
Bible had to say about every situation. Her faith
brought her peace that enabled her to enjoy each
& every day. She loved traveling, going to concerts,
country dancing and her NASCAR family. She lived for
spending time with her family and friends, but the
holidays were her favorite. She spent countless hours
capturing and recording the Brooks and Edwards family
history for the generations to come. She loved her
family but her four true loves were Mama Pat, Brandy,
Amelia and Vivien. She connected to each one of her
family in the unique way each person needed. To sum
it up, LOVING PEOPLE AND FAMILY was her God given
gift and she did it well.
If desired, the family requests that memorials be
made to Speedway Children?s Charities, Texas Chapter,
3545 Lone Star Circle, Fort Worth, Texas or World
Vision International, P.O. Box 9716, Federal Way,
WA 98063. A special thanks to the staff of Harrell
Funeral Home in Austin, Ebensberger Fisher Funeral
Home in Boerne, and Grace Funeral Homes in Victoria
for their extra special care of Michelle. Arrangements
and Services under the personal care of Edwards Funeral
Homes.
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