Leigh Cristi Henning

Services for Leigh Cristi Henning, 50, Americus, will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home in Emporia. Interment will be at Americus Cemetery.Ms. Henning died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2005, at Newman Regional Health in Emporia.She was born Jan. 7, 1955, in Emporia, the daughter of John M. and Virginia A. Roe Henning. Ms. Henning worked for 30 years as a self-employed painter.Survivors include her mother, Americus; two sons, Colter John Henning and Teighlor Lynn Henning, both of the home; her companion, Jerry Wells, Americus; three brothers, John C. Henning, Lawrence, Zachary B. Henning, Dublin, Texas, and Joshua B. Henning, Americus; four sisters, Lynn J. Henning, Lori R. Schultz and Liza D. Preisner, all of Americus, and Letitia K. Cross, Apache Junction, Ariz.Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.The family suggests memorials to her children’s education fund.