Funeral services for Tressie Rives Hensley, 89, of Dubach, LA will be 11:00 A.M. Friday, December 22, 2023, at Fellowship Baptist Church in Dubach, LA with Rev. John C. Hensley, III officiating the service.  Interment will follow in Fellowship Cemetery under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Ruston.

A visitation will be prior to the service beginning at 10:00 A.M. until service time.

Tressie was born on April 17, 1934, in Lincoln Parish and died on December 19, 2023, in Bernice, LA.  She was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church.  Tressie honored Christ by her life and chosen profession as a teacher in Christian Schools.  She is preceded in death by her parents, Winston E. Rives and Tressie Rives and her husband Dr. John Coleman Hensley II.

She is survived by her children: John Coleman Hensley III of Lafayette, LA; Michael Winston Hensley of Dubach, LA; Connie Hensley of Breaux Bridge, LA; Truette Henry (Hank) Hensley of Alexandria, LA; and April Lee Hensley of Dubach, LA; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two sisters, Gay Doss and Julie Ross; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.kilpatrickfuneralhomes.com.

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