Mrs. Lula Mae Jenkins Hendrix, age 83, of 144 Depot St., Buchanan passed away Sunday, May 16, 2010. Mrs. Hendrix was born in Emerson, Georgia on January 18, 1927. She was the daughter of the late Jeff Davis Jenkins and the late Lou Ella Gravley. She was a retired cotton mill worker for J.P. Stevens Co. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Travis Hendrix. Survivors include one daughter, Betty Couch of Temple; two sons, Jerry Wilbanks of Rome and Junior Criswell of Trion; four sisters, Louise Martin of Moultrie, Betty Gentry of Cobb County, Jo Ann Jarrell of Douglasville and Alice Parks of Douglasville; four brothers, Jack Jenkins of Gordon County, Howard Jenkins of Douglasville, George Jenkins of Stockbridge and John Jenkins of Jackson; sixteen grandchildren; a number of great grandchildren; one great great grandchild; and a number of other relatives. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 1:00 P.M. from Hutcheson''s Memorial Chapel with Rev. Rayford Davenport officiating. Interment will follow in the Emerson Cemetery with the following gentlemen serving as pallbearers: Dwayne Wilbanks, Allen Criswell, John Lane, Joshua Long, Phil Long and Heath Long. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday evening from 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM. Hutcheson''s Memorial Chapel & Crematory of Buchanan is in charge of the arrangements.