A Fond Farewell: Texarkana, Texas, city employees tip their hats to retiring building inspector

January 31, 2017 at 5:44 a.m. | Updated January 31, 2017 at 5:44 a.m.

by Joshua Boucher

Country music about cowboys and Western decorations are seen Monday at Texarkana, Texas, chief building inspector Lynn Henry's retirement reception.
Country music about cowboys and Western decorations are seen Monday at Texarkana, Texas, chief building inspector Lynn Henry's retirement reception.

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FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2012 file photo, astronaut Scott Carpenter listens to a question from the media about his experience in space, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Carpenter, the second American to orbit the Earth and one of the last surviving original Mercury 7 astronauts, died Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013. He was 88. (AP Photo/Michael Brown, File)

Lynn Henry thanks everyone at the Texarkana, Texas, City Hall for their friendship and collaboration at his retirement reception.

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Mary Lou Bennett of Hot Springs, left, visits with National Park Community College's Kelli Albrecht and Cole Reed at the Arlington, looks on, during Business Fest Expo 2013, at the Hot Springs Convention Center on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013. (The Sentinel-Record/Mara Kuhn)

Lynn Henry thanks Texas-side City Manager Bob Whitson for a bottle of Jack Daniels Single Barrel Select given to him at his retirement reception. Henry and Whitson became friends early in Henry's career because of their similar experiences in the military.
Staff photos by Joshua Boucher

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