Alice Reed  Henderson Furrh was born on January 19, 1931 in Bonham, TX at the home of her maternal grandparents Finis and Texie Keeton. Her parents were Alice Keeton Henderson and William Reed Henderson, both of whom were born in Bonham. She died on April 9, 2020 in Longview, Texas. She is interred in the Columbarium at Trinity Episcopal Church of Marshall.

Her family lived in Arkansas a few years before they settled in Longview, Texas.  She was a proud 1949 graduate of Longview High School, and a devoted member of the '49 Lunch Bunch, which met monthly for many years, at various spots around East Texas, until the members gradually passed on or were unable to attend.

Alice attended several colleges, in search of a degree that at that time did not exist: Elementary Education with a specialty in Early Childhood Development and Nursery Education. These colleges did their best to provide her the coursework she needed to accomplish this specialty; as she completed coursework at one, she would move on to another, and did earn the degree: Texas State College for Women (now TWU), then Southwestern University, and finally, The University of Texas in Austin. She was a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and stayed lifelong friends with her sorority sisters.  After graduation, she taught in Corpus Christi, then Gladewater. While teaching in Gladewater, she went on a blind date with Lou Bates, and double dated with Lou's friend Pat Furrh and his date. She and Lou would remain friends for many years, but she married the other guy.

Alice married William Kirkpatrick "Pat" Furrh, Jr.  on March 17, 1957, in Longview. They settled in Marshall and started their family: daughter Keeton Ann Furrh Forbes, Patricia Louise Furrh Agnor, and William Kirkpatrick Furrh III. She was a wonderful mother, and grandmother, to Albert Stuart Agnor III (Al) and Andee Brownrigg Agnor. Alice loved to cook and was an avid gardener. She was the ultimate homemaker. She never quite mastered swimming, but loved her home on Fern Lake, and entertaining family and friends there for 37 years.

Alice and Pat loved to travel and visited many countries in the course of their 63 years together. They enjoyed meeting new people on their travels and would often keep in touch with special couples for many years after. They loved to entertain, and treasured their times with the Wine Club friends, the Supper Club (s) friends, Church friends, the list goes on. One of their favorite traveling groups included a friend who was a pilot and the four couples had many wonderful adventures exploring places in the U.S.

Alice, along with Pat, was a devoted member of Trinity Episcopal Church of Marshall. She was one of the dedicated members of Martha's Kitchen at Trinity, as well as a member of the Women of Trinity. Alice was active in The Order of the Daughters of the King.  She was a member of Club 25 since 1960, and a long-time member of the Forum 50 Club. She was a founding member of the Bondage to Freedom House. These are just a few of the ways Alice helped others, always ready to volunteer or help a worthy cause. In her later years, she taught adult students of the Literacy Council, and was a volunteer at the Marshall Depot, meeting train arrivals at night. She truly loved people and learning about their lives and families. Alice had a pure heart that found joy in Jesus, in her family, in the beauty around her and in the uniqueness of each individual she met.