Mr. George W. Hendon, 88, of Union City died 1:05 p.m. Sunday, June 30, 2013, in the emergency room at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City.

Graveside services will be conducted 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at East View Cemetery. Brother Jerry Leggett will officiate.

Pallbearers will be David Critchlow, Scott Critchlow, Chris Douglas, David Harrison, Jim Harrison, Tony Harrison and Van Sims.

The family will receive friends at Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday.

Mr. Hendon was born July 10, 1924, in Sedalia, Kentucky, son of the late Enoch and Cynthia (Mortheral) Hendon. He married Berta (Phillips) Hendon February 15, 1947. She survives. He served in the United States Army in World War II. Mr. Hendon had been employed as branch manager of Flavor-Kist Cracker Company in Mayfield, Kentucky, Moberley, Missouri, Columbia, Missouri and Humboldt. He retired as a supervisor from the former Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and had been a route carrier for the Union City Daily Messenger for several years. He was ordained as a deacon at Northside Baptist Church in Mayfield, Kentucky and was a member of Second Baptist Church in Union City.

He is also survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, Kent and Regina Hendon and Kevin and Lori Hendon all of Union City and Keith and Jan Hendon of Brentwood; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Rosella and Connie Spaulding of Fancy Farm, Kentucky and Betty Watts of Sedalia, Kentucky; one brother and a sister-in-law, Ray and Marita Hendon of Sedalia, Kentucky; eight grandchildren; and fifteen great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by one brother, Charles Hendon; and two sisters, Lova Sims and Altie Bea Tidwell.

Edmaiston-Mosley Funeral Home (731) 885-1033