Doe you have a listing for Fred Henley in the obitiuaries?

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Was Fred his real name? The reason why I ask is because I found a webpage that makes a reference to Fred Henley, but it appears that Fred was a name he went by and had the initials. W.H. Here is a link to the page:

http://southern.railfan.net/ties/1970/70...

Is this your man? If so, what does the W.H. stand for? Also, if we have a time frame, it would help us out tremendously.

EDIT: According to a public records index, I believe that W.H. Henley probably stands for Winfred H. Henley, thus it would make sense that he used the name Fred. He would be about 84 today... Am I on the right track?

I believe I found his family in the 1930 census:

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: 27; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 59; Image: 15.0.
Household Members: Name Age
James C Henley 38
Annie Henley 33
Winfred H Henley 6

With that, I did a search in the Social Security Death index and was unable to find him, which indicates that his death must have been pretty recent, if he in fact died. I searched using Fred and Winfred. As you can see, Wendy tried searching under Henley in the local paper. Are you sure that he has passed on?

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Was Fred his real name? The reason why I ask is because I found a webpage that makes a reference to Fred Henley, but it appears that Fred was a name he went by and had the initials. W.H. Here is a link to the page:

http://southern.railfan.net/ties/1970/70...

Is this your man? If so, what does the W.H. stand for? Also, if we have a time frame, it would help us out tremendously.

EDIT: According to a public records index, I believe that W.H. Henley probably stands for Winfred H. Henley, thus it would make sense that he used the name Fred. He would be about 84 today... Am I on the right track?

I believe I found his family in the 1930 census:

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: 27; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 59; Image: 15.0.
Household Members: Name Age
James C Henley 38
Annie Henley 33
Winfred H Henley 6

With that, I did a search in the Social Security Death index and was unable to find him, which indicates that his death must have been pretty recent, if he in fact died. I searched using Fred and Winfred. As you can see, Wendy tried searching under Henley in the local paper. Are you sure that he has passed on?

http://www.selmatimesjournal.com/news/ob...
Pam, this seems to be the main newspaper for the area. I used their search box and Henley did not come up. You don't indicate how recent this is. A dear friend of mine passed away a few months ago, and his wife never had an obit placed. Since she and I are both genealogists, this surprised the heck out of me.
If it does not show up in the next few days, the website for the paper has 'contact us' option. I am sure someone there at the paper can verify if there is/isn't one to be posted..
If you were close enough to this person, an alternate is to contact the funeral home for information.