Biography

Emetine Henderson
Real name: Emetine E. Henderson née Chambers
Emetine E. Henderson was born on January 19, 1919, in Clarksville, Texas. Her father was an administrator at Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, where she met her husband, Ken Henderson (2). She was a mother to Ken Henderson, Jr., and jazz vocalist and educator Semenya McCord. Emetine passed away on February 8, 2012, at the Knox County Nursing Home in Knoxville, Illinois.