Obituaries: Dr. Sion Ray Jenkins, 1981, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: May 13, & May 20, 1981 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Dr. Sion Ray Jenkins

Dr. Sion Ray Jenkins, 61, of Winnfield, died at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 12,
1981 in Winnfield General Hospital after a long illness.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at First United Methodist
Church with Rev. Grayson Watson officiating, assisted by Rev. Jack H. Midyett. 
Interment, under direction of Southern Funeral Home, will be in Garden of
Memories Cemetery.

A retired dentist, Dr. Jenkins was a member of First Methodist church, charter
member of Crusaders for Christ Sunday School Class, served as superintendent
of Sunday School, Lay Delegate to the Annual Methodist Conference, Chairman
of Pastor-Parish Relations Commission and a member of the Administrative
Board.

He served as vice-president of the 8th District Dental Society, and was a
member of the state and national dental societies.  He was also a former
member of VFW, Rotary, and Lions Clubs.  He was a veteran of World War II.

Dr. Jenkins was a member of Eastern Star Masonic Lodge No. 151, F. & A. M.,
and was a 32nd Degree Mason.  He received his formal education from La. Tech
and Loyola Universities and helped to organize the Winnfield Country Club and
served as its first president.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mattie Frances Jenkins of Winnfield, one son,
Sion Edward Jenkins II of Shreveport, two daughters, Mrs. Ellen Julia Gibson
of Springfield, Missouri, and Karen Frances Jenkins of San Diego, California,
his stepmother, Mrs. Lillie Jenkins, of Winnfield, one granddaughter, Allison
Leigh Gibson of Springfield, Missouri.

Pallbearers will be Hiram Wright, J. D. Holmes, Dr. Herman Gibson, Jr., Edward
Sigrest, Dennis Shell, Marvin Carraway, Dickey Heard, and Dr. James Wood.

Honorary pallbearers will be Jim Russell, Jr., Dr. John T. Mosley, D. N.
Smith, E. H. Farr, Sye Varnell, Members of Crusaders of Christ Sunday School
Class of First Methodist Church.

Part Two:

Attended Funeral of Dr. Ray Jenkins

Out of town friends and relatives attending the funeral of Dr. Ray Jenkins
were: Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Cookston, Jr., Mr. Douglas Cookston, Mr. W. C.
Cookston III, Monroe.

Miss Elizabeth Cookston, Dr. James S. Cookston, Mrs. Robert Brown, Mrs. Paul
Lavert, Master Martin Lavert, Dr. Tillie Cookston, Baton Rouge, La.;

Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Aycock, Mayor and Mrs. John Perrit, Ruston, La.;

Mrs. A. A. Branch, Mrs. Arnold Sanders, Mrs. Hallie House Moore, Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Sigrest, Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Browlee, Miss Anna Lee Anders, Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Hughes, Shreveport;

Mrs. T. A. Sanders, Mrs. Tommy Sanders, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Sanders, Dr. and
Mrs. Van Taliaferro, West Monroe, La., Dr. and Mrs. Herman Gibson, Monterey,
La.;

Mrs. Carrie Gibson, Mr. Clay Gibson, Clayton, La.;

Rev. and Mrs. Jack Midyett, Rayville, La.; Mrs. Gresham Shinn, Magnolia, Ark.;

Mr. John DeLaughter, Mr. G. W. DeLaughter, Sparkman, Ark., Mr. John Melton,
Dallas, Tex., Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Springfield, Monroe, La.; Dr. and Mrs. James
Wood, Georgetown, La., Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Hughes, Waskom, Texas; Mr.
George H. Walker, Jonesboro, La., Mrs. Juanita Walker Spiers, Baton Rouge,
La.;

Mr. T. A. DeJean, Mrs. Loraine Rogers, Mrs. Patricia Heard, Hodge, La.