Friend says slain Texas teacher lived life to the fullest as hundreds attend memorial service

Memorial service held for slain Texas teacher

TYLER, Texas — Hundreds of friends, family members, colleagues and students gathered to remember the life of an educator and musician who was stabbed to death at a Texas high school.

Drawings, letters, scrapbooks and notes from John Tyler High School students to special education teacher Todd Roberts Henry filled the foyer of the chapel at Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler, where the memorial service was held Saturday.

A 16-year-old student is accused of stabbing Henry to death on Wednesday. Attorney Jim Huggler has said the student has a lengthy history of mental illness.

At the memorial service for Henry, friend Mitch Shamburger told mourners that the 50-year-old teacher lived life to the fullest.

On the Net:

Tyler Independent School District, www.tylerisd.org

Information from: Tyler Morning Telegraph, www.tylerpaper.com

(This version CORRECTS APNewsNow. corrects lede to say ‘a Texas high school.’)