The owners and employees of Henderson Funeral Homes of Coleman and Santa Anna are proud of the heritage that their business has contributed to Coleman County, being the oldest established funeral service in the county.  The business was established in 1877 in the gap of the Santa Anna Mountain, being known as "The Gap."  This was a general store that carried a line of caskets. 

     Grady and Rufus Adams purchased the store in 1911, and later, S. W. Childers bought into the business.  This store burned in 1918 and was rebuilt in the present site of the town of Santa Anna under the name of Adams Mercantile.

     In 1928, R. W. Hosch went into partnership with Mr. Adams and in 1929, the Hosch family bought out Mr. Adams' equity in the business and operated under the Hosch name until 1972 when Donnie M. and Christina Henderson purchased the business and it became Henderson Funeral Home.  In 1973, they opened the second location at 1600 South Concho Street in Coleman.