Obituaries

A Celebration of Life For Sis Jessie Mae Davenport Henry

Visitation

Friday, December 10 from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm located at Daniel and Son Funeral Home located at 401 West 18th Street Bryan, Texas 77803

Funeral Service

Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. located at New Zion Missionary Baptist Church New Zion Missionary Baptist Church 1505 Dansby Street Bryan, Texas Dr. Sylvester Smith, Jr. Officiant Eulogist Officiant

Obituary

On January 11, 1946, a beautiful baby girl was born, to Jesse Lee and Minnie Mae Davenport, by the name of Jessie Mae, aka (Jitter). She was the third oldest of nine children. As a child she enjoyed being with her older sisters and being the producer/ leader/commentator of many childhood talents shows that she participated in as well as one of the singers. She also enjoyed cooking, singing, listening to music, family gatherings, and telling dramatized scary stories to her younger siblings in order to get them to do what she wanted them to do. Jessie was a kind and generous person. She would give you the clothes off of her back. As a young adolescent, she was a beautician to many neighborhood friends and like a mother to her younger brothers and sisters. Jessie attended Bryan Public schools.Later she met and married the love of her life, James Edward Henry on July 20, 1985, and acquired three children. Jessie Mae accepted Christ at an early age as a member of Lee Chapel United Methodist Church before joining in with her husband and uniting with New Zion Missionary Baptist Church.She worked at Texas A&M for twenty-plus years before moving on to work for the old Bryan Hospital which eventually became the College Station Medical Center. There she served as a supervisor for thirty-plus years until her retirement.Jessie Mae was preceded in death by her parents, Jesse Lee and Minnie Mae Davenport; two sisters, Erma Elizabeth Hicks and Alice Marie Washington; and son, Gregory Rogers. She leaves to cherish her memories her loving husband, James Henry; two daughters, Monica Shivers, and Patrise Mack of Bryan, Texas; four sisters, Evelyn Johnson (Travis) of San Antonio, Texas, Beverley Waldon, Charlotte Davenport of Los Angeles, California, and Annette Walton of Houston, Texas; two brothers, Jesse and Joseph Davenport, both of Bryan, Texas; two sisters-in-law, Debra and Gloria Henry of Cypress, Texas; seven grandchildren, Temisia Curley, Jasmine, Tempestt Bootye, Brendan, Alise, Abreanna, and Braden Mack. Six great-grandchildren, Anyhia, Asyhia, Jayla Curley, Jayivon Smith, Malicah, and Nevaeh Muse; nine nieces, Marilyn Rene (Winston), Lisa Henderson (Nate), Tekoa Liddell (Rashad), Talia Waldon, LaBrisa Hammond, Sequoia Bircher, Chakira, Destiny Davenport and LaTisha Foley; ten nephews, John (Jessica), Derrick (Stephanie), Derald (Betty), Jesse III, Joseph, Jr., CJ (deceased) Davenport, Delvin Franklin, Gerald Bircher, Caelon Walton, Daryl Foley, and a host of great-nieces, great-nephews, relatives, and friends