December 14, 2019
76 year old Taft Hendrixson, Jr. of Smithville passed away Friday at NHC Smithville. He was a Mason, member of the Smithville First Assembly of God, former owner of True Value Hardware and Sunshine Cleaners, and he was Mayor of Smithville from 2006 to 2012. The funeral will be Monday at 1 p.m. at the Chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Donnie Kelly will officiate and burial will be in DeKalb Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Sunday from 2-8 p.m. and Monday from 10 a.m. until the service at 1 p.m. A Masonic service will be Sunday at 7 p.m. He was preceded in death by his parents, Louis Taft and Lucille Davis Hendrixson. Survivors include a daughter, Jill Marie Hendrixson-Goneke; two sons, Louis Taft Hendrixson, III, and Javon Ross Hendrixson; and two grandchildren, Brantley Grayson Goneke and Paris Monroe Girgsby all of Smithville. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. In addition to flowers, donations may be made to the Smithville First Assembly of God Youth Group.