Obituary for Reverend George L. Jenkins, Chambers, Jefferson and Randolph, Alabama http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/obits/revjenkins.txt ============================================= USGENWEB PROJECT NOTICE: In keeping with the USGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Project Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file is copyrighted and contributed by: William Fischer, Jr. ============================================= November 2003 DEATH CALLS REV. JENKINS ---------------------------- The death of Rev. George L. JENKINS in Ensley [Jefferson County] Saturday night [13 March 1915], following an illness of several months, carried sorrow to many hearts throughout North Alabama, in which field Mr. JENKINS had labored so faithfully many years in the Master’s kingdom. He was one of the strongest preachers in the conference, and his death proves a great loss. For four years, beginning in 1899, Mr. JENKINS served as pastor of the Roanoke Methodist church. During this time the church developed rapidly. After leaving here he occupied some of the most important charges in the conference, and at the time of his death was in his second year as pastor of First church, Ensley. The remains of the departed minister were brought through Roanoke at midday Monday, coming in on the A. B. & A. [Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad] and being transferred to the Central [of Georgia Railway] and taken to LaFayette for interment. The citizens of Roanoke showed every mark of respect possible to the deceased and his family. Automobiles were furnished to convey the funeral party through town, during which time business was suspended and doors closed. A large company of ladies and gentlemen met the train and accompanied the family and friends to the Central station. Traveling with the relatives were Bishop J. H. McCOY, Rev. B. T. WAITES, who has been supplying the Ensley pulpit, and Mr. George BYRUM, representing the board of stewards of that church. A larger number of massive floral designs was possibly never seen in Roanoke than that accompanying the lifeless form of the gifted minister, representing the esteem of the various organizations of his church and the secret orders in which he was prominent. When the procession reached the Methodist church, whose bell was being tolled, a committee from the Philathea class presented a floral offering. Several citizens accompanied the party to LaFayette, where the body of the deceased rested over night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Josh DOWDELL, the latter being a sister of Mrs. JENKINS. Services were conducted at this home at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning [16 March 1915], and the interment followed in the LaFayette cemetery. Services also had been held in the Ensley church Sunday afternoon, participated in by Bishop McCOY and other ministers, who paid eloquent tributes to the deceased. Mr. JENKINS leaves a wife and eight small children. Mrs. JENKINS is doubly affected in that her mother, Mrs. L. S. SCHUESSLER, is at the point of death at her LaFayette home. Later: Mrs. SCHUESSLER died at 12 o’clock last night. Funeral at 10 tomorrow. [From The Roanoke Leader (Randolph County, Alabama), 17 March 1915, p.1] ---------- Joshua Silas DOWDELL, 19 May 1860—27 July 1925, his brother-in-law, Mary SCHUESSLER DOWDELL, 29 February 1872—15 March 1932, his sister-in-law, Lewis S. SCHUESSLER, 23 February 1847—16 September 1937, his father-in-law, Sallie TRAMMELL SCHUESSLER, 14 Nov 1847—16 March 1915, his mother-in-law, All interred in the LaFayette City Cemetery, Chambers County, Alabama.