Highland County OhArchives Obituaries.....Jenkins, Homer L. January 28, 1970 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ralph Cokonougher rcokon@hotmail.com September 10, 2006, 11:06 pm From a clipping from an unidentified January 1970 newspaper. DEATHS. JENKINS. Homer L. Jenkins, 54, of Leesburg, died Thursday at 7 p.m. in Mercy Hospital, Columbus. He was injured in an accident Jan. 18, while working at Candle- Lite, Inc., Leesburg. A World War II veteran, he was born May 1, 1916 in Highland County, a son of Lester and Inez Washburn Jenkins. On Feb. 16, 1963, he married the former Laura Bailey, who survives. He was a member of the Hillsboro Veterans of Foreign War Post 3760. In addition to his wife, Mr. Jenkins is survived by his mother, of Greenfield; a stepson, Goble Riggs, of Leesburg; and four sisters, Mary Jenkins, of Greenfield; Mrs. Charles (Mildred) Faulconer, Greenfield Rt. 1, and Mrs. Edwin (Beulah Jane) Wells and Mrs. Donald (Betty) Swaringen, both of Woodstock. He was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister. Last rites will be read Monday at 2 p.m. in the Murray Funeral Home, Rev. Frank Dunn will officiate. Interment will be made in Beaver Cemetery. Friends will be received at Murray's after 2 p.m., Sunday. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/highland/obits/jenkins568nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb