Avah Ruth Henson, 89, of Iuka, Mississippi, died Sunday, February 27, 2022, at Tishomingo Community Living Center. Mrs. Henson was a devoted member of Mission Lighthouse Church and was a homemaker. She enjoyed working with flowers and visiting people in the nursing home. She is survived by two sisters, Jane Hendrix and Martha Marlar; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Henson; two brothers, Paul Helton and William Helton; and her parents, Ernest Oscar and Bertha Elizabeth Dickinson Helton. Cutshall Funeral Home of Iuka, MS is entrusted with arrangements. Funeral services are scheduled for 1:00 p.m., Thursday, March 3, at Cutshall Funeral Home Chapel in Iuka, officiated by Bro. John Gwatney. Interment will follow in Garden of Memories in Sikeston, MO. Visitation is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. until service time at the funeral home on Thursday. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice. An online guestbook can be accessed at www.cutshallfuneralhome.com.
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