Thomas County GaArchives Obituaries.....Vance W. JENKINS  June 14 2003
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Thomasville Times Enterprise - Sunday, June 15, 2003

Services for Vance W. Jenkins, 84, of Thomasville, are at 3 p.m. Monday, June 
16, 2003, at Allen & Allen Funeral Home Chapel. Pallbearers will be Franklin 
Boone Leach Jr., Mike Bridges, Mark Bridges, Steve Edwards, Joseph Harper Jr. 
and Justin Griffin. Honorary pallbearers are Pascal Jones, Guy Slappey, David 
Roberts and retired employees from CSX railroad. Mr. Jenkins died on Saturday, 
June 14, 2003, at his home. Born on Oct. 30, 1918, in Thomas County, he was 
the son of James Henry Jenkins Jr. and Harriet E. Wheeler Jenkins. He retired 
from CSX railroad after 42 years of service. He was of the Methodist faith and 
was a member of the Golden K Kiwanis Club and Thomasville Masonic Lodge No. 
369. His is survived by his wife, Geneva Jenkins; his son, Jimmy Jenkins of 
Weeki-Wachi, Fla.; a daughter, Faye Bridges Carver of Moultrie; step-
daughters, Brenda B. Griffin of Tallahassee and Terry B. Harper and Cindy B. 
Edwards, both of Camilla; a brother and sister-in-law, James Ira and Jean 
Jenkins, both of Lakeland, Fla.; 10 grandchildren; and nine great 
grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Irene Jenkins; a 
sister, Nell Jenkins Leach; and a brother, James Harvey Jenkins. The family 
will receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials may 
be made to Hospice of Southwest Georgia, 818 Gordon Ave., Thomasville, GA 
31792. Friends may sign the on-line guest registry at www.allenfh.com. -- 
Allen & Allen Funeral Home

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