Nicholas O'Keefe Henley, 29, died at home Monday December 14, 2009. Visitation will be 5-8pm Wednesday at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. A Memorial service will be held at 2pm Thursday at Goodman United Methodist Church.\
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He was born in Lexington and Nicholas attended Madison Central High School and graduated from Northwest Rankin High School. He received his Associates degree from Holmes Community College. He worked for several engineering firms. Nicholas was loved by all and his greatest joy was making people laugh.\
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Survivors include his mother and step-father: Kelly and Mike Patterson of Florence;. Father, Mark Henley of Hattiesburg; grandparents: Charles and Virginia Donald of Goodman; sister, Monica Hawthorne and her husband Mike of Richland; nieces, Lundy and Gracie Hawthorne; numerous uncles, aunts and cousins. \