LAFOURCHE and TERREBONNE PARISHES, LA. 

Obituary for ROCKWARD, THELMA 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: The Daily Comet, Lafourche Parish La. and Houma Today, Terrebonne 
Parish, La.

Published: Thursday, August 26, 2010 

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Thelma Jenkins Rockward, 75, a native of Terrebonne Parish and a resident of 
Houma, died Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010.

Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Community Funeral Home. 
Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at New Zion Baptist Church, with 
burial in the church cemetery.

She is survived by her husband, Henry Rockward Sr.; six sons, Henry Rockward 
Jr., Dexter Rockward, Kerry Rockward, Charles Rockward, David Rockward and Tommy 
Rockward; two daughters, Deborah Rockward and Vivian R. Carter; and one brother, 
Wilbert Jenkins; 24 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Andrew Jenkins and Thelma Reed 
Jenkins; one daughter, Carolyn Rockward; her paternal grandparents, Olivia Lyons 
Jenkins and Dave Jenkins; and her maternal grandparents, Willis Reed and Rose 
Martel.

She was a member of New Zion Baptist Church and a retired employee of the 
Terrebonne Parish School Board.

Community Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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