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Ms. Hope Rena Henry was born on February 11, 1967 to Ms. Johnnie Mae Gaddis and Mr. Henry Lee Hankins. At an early age, she confessed her hope in Christ at White Rock Baptist Church and later on she joined Christ Tabernacle Church. She graduate from Forest Hill High School in 1985. She attended Hinds Community College, Nursing Allied Center and Virginia College. She was employed by Mississippi State hospital for 16 years. She was also employed by Dr. Cassandra Thomas at Central Jackson Medical Clinic. Upon her passing she was employed at Jackson Hinds
Comprehensive Health Center (JHCHC).
Hope departed this life on Wednesday, February 4, 2015, at University Medical Center. She is preceded in death by her grandparents, Mr. James Henry and Mrs. Willie Lee Henry.
She leaves to cherish her memory: her children, Destinee "Dee Dee" Marie and Samuel Demond Young (Jackson, MS). Mother, Johnnie Mae Gaddis (Jackson, MS); Father, Bishop Henry Lee Hankins (Willie Mae) (Jackson, MS); a sister, Shirley G. Wilson and a brother, Tracey Brown (Jackson, MS); three step-sisters: Rose L. Guerrero (Jackson, MS); Katrina Ware, Alicia H. Harts (Memphis, TN), and one step-brother, Henry L. Hankins, Jr. (Jackson, MS). One uncle, James Baker and Mary Thompson all of Jackson, MS and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, and a special friend, Mr. Reggie Smith (Jackson, MS).