Hensie Page

Hensie Page was born on November 20, 1917, in Mullins, South Caroline, the youngest of six children born to Jeanette and Jack Page. He was baptized at Bethlehem Methodist Church in Marion, South Carolina. In 1936 he moved to Baltimore, Maryland. During 1941-1945, Hensie had four children: Kai, Arnett, Sharon, and Sandra. His daughters gave him three grandchildren: Andre, Algenon, and Cherise, and many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. In 1965 Hensie joined Bethel AME Church where he served on the usher board for many years. That same year, he married Shirley Bonita Caldwell, and in 1967 they had a son, Darren. Hensie worked at Baltimore Luggage for many years before joining the International Longshoreman Association where he worked until his retirement in 1996. In 1998, he came out of retirement to join Life, Incorporated, where he worked until he was ninety-one years old. Hensie touched many lives as evidence of his many acquaintances and friends. He was known for his generous spirit, his charismatic personality, and his love of his children. He found and focused on the positive in others, and he possessed and practiced great faith in God. He believed that life should be FUN and filled with good times. He was a food enthusiast, a bon vivant, and a master card player who enjoyed playing pinochle and reminiscing about the “Good Old” days. He imparted true values to his children about respect, honesty, and love and was generous to a fault. He was deeply committed to his sons, Darren, and Brian (Cynthia) and their children: Jordan, Lauryn, Alex, and Brianna. He loved them with prayerful perseverance and kindness, and he never failed to tell his wife of 51 years that she touched his life, his personhood and brought to light those things which were hidden even to himself. He moved to life eternal on Thursday, 21 April 2016. May God continue to bless him as he blessed us. To die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly. Death of one's own free choice, death at the proper time, with a clear head and with joyfulness, consummated in the midst of children and witnesses: so that an actual leave-taking is possible while he who is leaving is still there. ~Friedrich Nietzsche, Expeditions of an Untimely Man

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Hensie Page

November 20, 1917 - April 21, 2016