Moniteau County MO Archives Obituaries.....Jenkins, Vernon Lee November 24, 1953 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mo/mofiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Maria Perez-Jean mariaperezjean@hotmail.com March 30, 2011, 1:30 pm Jefferson City Post Tuesday December 1, 1953 FINAL RITES HELD FOR CRASH VICTIM-CLARKSBURG-Funeral services were held Sunday at the Clarksburg Baptist Church for Vernon Lee Jenkins, 18, with the Rev. H. J. Hood officiating. Burial will be in the Clarksburg Masonic Cemetery. Mr. Jenkins was fatally injured in an automobile accident near Knobtown in Jackson County Thursday and died in a Kansas City hospital about four hours after the accident. Mr. Jenkins was born in Hadam, Kan. January 22, 1935, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Williams Jenkins, but came to Clarksburg with his parents at an early age and received his schooling here. He ws a member of the Baptist Church. He had been living with an uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Graham of Raytown, for the last three weeks and working with his uncle, a painting contractor. Survivors include his parents, two brothers, Larry and Charles, two sisters, Lareda and Evelyn, and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Jenkins of Clarksburg. Additional Comments: Son of William Jenkins and Irene Ferguson. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mo/moniteau/obits/j/jenkins482gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mofiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb