James M. Henderson
| James Marvin Henderson, Sr. | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 28, 1921 Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
| Died | October 31, 1995 (aged 74) |
| Resting place | Woodlawn Memorial Park in Greenville, South Carolina |
| Residence | Greenville South Carolina |
| Alma mater |
Clemson University |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Donna Baade Henderson |
| Children |
Linda H. Lucas |
| Parent(s) | Isaac Harmon and Ruth Ashley Henderson |
| Relatives | Jim DeMint (son-in-law) |
Clemson University
University of Denver
New York University
Linda H. Lucas
Debbie H. DeMint
James Marvin Henderson, Sr. (March 28, 1921 – October 31, 1995), was a pioneering advertising executive in the American South and a figure in the South Carolina Republican Party.
Henderson was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Isaac Harmon Henderson and the former Ruth Ashley. He attended Clemson University in Clemson in northwestern South Carolina. He graduated from the University of Denver with a degree in advertising. He engaged in postgraduate work at New York University and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Henderson served in the United States Army during World War II.
While he was a student at the University of Denver, Henderson meet his wife, Donna Baade (1921-2012), daughter of the late Alfred and Fern Baade. She was reared on a farm near Bennet in Lancaster County in southeastern Nebraska, attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, and taught in the Nebraska public schools. The Hendersons had a son, James M. Henderson, Jr., of Greenville and two daughters, Linda H. Lucas and husband Arthur M. Lucas of Atlanta, Georgia, and Debbie H. DeMint and husband Jim DeMint, whom Henderson did not live to see become a Republican U.S. Representative from South Carolina's 4th congressional district and then U.S. Senator in 1999 and 2005, respectively.
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