James Blaine Hendry

James Blaine Hendry
By Spessard Stone




James Blaine Hendry, son of James Madison Hendry and Martha Frances Wingate, was born November 24, 1902, Sandy, Manatee County, Florida; died March 12, 1992, Sebring, Highlands County, Florida; cremated. Jim and Louise, his first wife, lived in the Bare Beach area, Clewiston, Florida. He was employed with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for about ten years. After working two years in the machine shop of the state prison farm in LaBelle, Florida, he went into self-employment as "James B. Hendry Salvage," in which business he bought and sold automobiles and parts.

"Jim" had four wives, one of whom he married twice. He married (1) Dec. 11, 1933 Mary Louise Cowan, born Aug. 29, 1909; died April 10, 1969, Lantana, FL; (2) in Palm Beach Co., FL in June 1969 Nealie Geiger Bennett, daughter of Tom Geiger; divorced early autumn 1969; (3) Feb. 6, 1970 Carolyn Young Hill, div. Oct. 1974; (4) Sept. 29, 1975 Carolyn Young Hill, div. Feb. 1977. While married to Carolyn, he lived at Clewiston, Hendry County and Fort Windner, DeSoto County, and after their divorces at 708 East Palmetto Street, Wauchula, Hardee County, . He was, however, living with Carolyn at the time of his death. Carolyn, a LPN, in 2002 was employed in a nursing home, "The Oaks," in Avon Park, Florida.


Louise Cowan Hendry (1909-69) & James B. Hendry (1902-1992),Clewiston


Jim Hendry

March 22, 2002, March 15, 2011