Henry was born in Dallas, graduated from Dallas Schools and was a carpenter in the construction industry. Survivors include two special friends, Wanda Leonard and Debbie Curlin, three Sisters, Emma McGee, Vernita Reagler and Earline Rhoden, two brothers, Sam Vance, Jr. and Larry Vance, two aunts, Janie Field and Rosie Lee Mays, uncle, James Edward Fields, twelve nieces and nephews, : Michelle Vance, Christopher Vance, LaQuinta Vance (favorite niece) Gregory Vance, Angel Jones, Derrick Vance, Kentrono Vance, Kenneth Vance, Shaniece Chandler, Shunta, Kristal Vance, Kendrick Vance, twenty-eight great nieces and nephews, and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral Services were held at 2 P. M. Thursday, April 8, 2010 in the WEST/HURTT Chapel with Pastor Donald Finney, officiating. Interment followed at Southland Cemetery in Grand Prairie