Obituaries: Mary "Doc" Weir Allen Jenkins, 1990, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 31, 1990 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Former Mayor Dies At 84

Mary "Doc" Allen Jenkins, who served as Mayor of Winnfield from 1960 to 1970,
has died at the age of 84.

Mrs. Jenkins, as Mayor Mary W. Allen, was a former vice president of the 8th
District of Louisiana Mayors Association.

Services for Mrs. Jenkins were at 10 a.m. Tuesday, January 30, in First
Baptist Church with Dr. Calvin Phelps officiating.  Burial was in Winnfield
City Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home.

Mary Weir Allen Jenkins died at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, January 27, 1990 in
Humana-Winn Parish Hospital after a brief illness.

Mrs. Jenkins was born May 9 at Rosa in Livingston Parish and had been a
resident of Winnfield for over 60 years.  She was a member of Daughters of the
American Revolution, Colonial Dames of the XXVII Century and Magna Carta.

She was a member of First Baptist Church where she was a member of the Senior
Choir, a charter member and first president of Keenagers, and a former head of
the Cradle Roll Department.

Mrs. Jenkins was also a member and past president of the Readers Review Club,
and a member of both the American Association of Retired Persons and Winn
Parish AARP Chapter 1620.  She was a member of Palestine Chapter No. 55, Order
of Eastern Star, and had served as a past District Deputy Grand Matron and was
past Worthy Matron.

She was a former member and past president of Pilot Club, and a member of Home
Demonstration Club 13.

Mrs. Jenkins was preceded in death by her husbands, Dewey C. Allen, Sr., in
1960 and Louis Jenkins in 1977, and by her elder son, D. C. Allen, Jr., in
1971.

Survivors include one daughter and son in law, Frankie Allen Dickerson and
Billy M. Dickerson of Winnfield; one son, Alton Allen of Los Angeles, Calif.;
a daughter in law, Elsie DeWolf Allen of Winnfield; three sisters, Amelia
Aaron of Natchitoches, Margaret Barnett of Big Spring, Texas, and Annie
Pouncey of Baton Rouge; four grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.