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Services for Christine Barkley “Chris” Henley will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Wesley United Methodist Church with Rev. Paul Gould officiating. Interment will follow at Forest Park Cemetery. Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home.Chris was born Feb. 26, 1925, and passed away Dec. 15, 2008.
A native of Greenville, Chris graduated as valedictorian from Greenville High School in 1942. She married her husband Weldon “Butch” Henley in June 1945. Prior to her marriage, she worked in the offices of the Robin Hood Flour Mill. Her 38-year career with Centennial Savings Bank, the former First Federal Savings and Loan, began in 1952. She progressed through a variety of positions, finally serving as executive vice president, chief operating officer and chief executive officer until the time of its closure in 1990.
Her professional accomplishments included writing the savings programs for the first IBM computer conversion, assisting in systems design and coordinating every future conversion. She studied at the Institute of Financial Education and the IBM School and was a member of the Financial Manager’s Society and was a chapter director for the Institute of Financial Education.
Chris was a lifelong member of Wesley United Methodist Church, where she loved singing in the choir and was a beloved Sunday school teacher for many years. She served as treasurer of the Altrusa Club and was a member of the board of the Club Lake Association, where she lived until the time of her death. Her life was focused on her love of family, work, faith and friends.
Chris was preceded in death by her son, Thomas Andrew Henley. She is survived by her husband and two children, Madge Herge (Curt) of Pittsford, N.Y., and Bob Henley (Jane) of Sun Valley, Idaho. She has 11 grandchildren, Kyle Henley of Golden, Colo., Karis Kemp of Seattle, Wash., Kaleb Henley of Stockholm, Sweden, Francee Henley of Oak Park, Ill.; Andrew Henley of Cortland, Ill., Lindsay Henley of Cape Town, South Africa, Matthew Henley of Scottsdale, Ariz.; Whitney Herge of Washington, D.C., Curt Herge, a student at TCU, Erika and Alyssa Herge of Pittsford, N.Y. She has five great-grandchildren, Sydney and Darcie Henley, Elias and Bennett Joy Kemp, and Xion Henley.The family requests memorials be made to the building fund of Wesley United Methodist Church.Pallbearers will be Kyle Henley, Curt Herge, Andrew Henley, Greg Gilmer, Mac Andrews, and Patrick Simpson.