Complex sentence: His father, C. Roland Hennigan was a sheriff's deputy even when he was 87 years old, and his mother, Lura E. Hennigan (1916-1997), was a Pentecostal minister and piano teacher and artist.
Split into simpler sentences: His father, C. Roland Hennigan was still a sheriff's deputy even when at the age of eighty-seven. His mother, Lura E. Hennigan (1916-1997), was a Pentecostal minister, piano teacher, and artist.