Nola wrote:
Below is an obit of my grandfather.
Plus, William Lorin was aka 'Lorin' and his first wife was Rhoda Ray, the mother of his children, and she died in 1920.

Wayne County  Press
March of 1969

William Lorin (Dodge) Henson, 84, retired Sims farmer, died at 11:15 p.m. Wednesday (March 5, 1969) at Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon.

A lifetime resident of the Sims vicinity, Mr. Henson had been in poor health with a heart condition for nine years. He had been hospitalized a number of times.

Funeral services will be conducted from the Dixon & Johnson Chapel at 1:30 Saturday afternoon, with Rev. Oakley Miller officiating, assisted by Rev. Melvin Chambliss. Interment will be in Pin Oak cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Friday.

He was born at Sims Mar. 8, 1884, the son of Squire William and Della Miller Henson.

On June 16, 1927 he was married to Dorothy Cates.

Mr. Henson was a member of the Sims Missionary Baptist church.

Surviving are his widow; three sons, Lieuna, of Wayne City; Homer, of Sims; and Clarence, of Chicago; two daughters, Betty, wife of Wallace Bruce, of Indianapolis,Ind; and Novilla, wife of Glenn Pruiett, of Alton; a foster daughter, Mrs. Bernice Robertson of Woodriver; 11 grandchildren; 20 great-great-grandchildren; four brothers, Jeff, Wayne City; and Jack, Chris and Harold, all of Alton; and five sisters, Miss Margaret Henson, of Wayne City; Mrs. Vina Fields, of Alton; Mrs. Cora Campaigna, of Alton; Mrs. Mary Warren, of Sims; and Mrs. Jessie Sons of Wayne City.