Recently, Supervisor Ed Romaine and Councilman Michael Loguercio dedicated Maple Lane in Gordon Heights in honor of longtime resident Annie L. Henry, who passed away on January 20, 2022 at the age of 104.
Annie was born on August 2, 1917 in Talladega, Alabama and worked as a teacher before moving to Baltimore, Maryland, where she continued her studies at Carter Peters Business School. Annie served her country as a Technician in the United States Women’s Army Corps during World War ll.
In 1946, she married her husband Vincent and they moved to Gordon Heights. Annie was the longest serving employee of the Gordon Heights Fire District, where she gave 30 years of dedicated service as Secretary Treasurer.
She was a devoted foster grandparent for Brookhaven Head Start; a Deaconess and Director of the Afterschool program at Faith Baptist Church in Coram, a Longwood School Food Services employee for 18 years; a mother, grandmother and great grandmother.