94 year old Berlie Randolph Hendrix of Dowelltown died Thursday at DeKalb Community Hospital. He was retired from the DeKalb County School System and was a member of the Mount Herman Baptist Church. The funeral will be Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Chuck Olson and David Carden will officiate and burial will be in DeKalb Memorial Gardens. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruby Lee Kilgore Hendrix; parents, William Thomas and Nora Wilkins Hendrix; two sons, John Tolbert Hendrix and Erie Randolph Hendrix; three sisters, Dorothy Ervin, Elisha Martin, and Louise Vanatta; three brothers, John T. Hendrix, Charlie Hendrix, and Robert Hendrix; and two half-sisters, Ollie Jones and Mary Bain. Survivors include a daughter, Mildred Pauline Hendrix Suffridge and her husband James of Smithville. Five sons, Orvil Earl Hendrix and his wife Wanda of Dowelltown, Roger Allen (Ricky) Hendrix and his wife Kathy of Dowelltown, Willie Doyle Hendrix and his wife Faye of Smithville, Farron Lee Hendrix and his wife Gayla of Smithville, and Wallace Tucker Hendrix and his wife Carol. Fifteen grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren, one great great grandchild, eleven step-grandchildren, four step great grandchildren, one step great great grandchild, and one brother, Lonnie Hendrix of Nashville. Visitation will be Friday from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.; Saturday from 8:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m.; and Sunday from 8:00 a.m. until the time of the service at 2:00 p.m. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangemments. The family requests that donations be made to the Mount Herman Baptist Church Building Fund, in lieu of flowers.
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