Johnson County TN Archives Obituaries.....Jenkins, Nell M. Neely  February 2, 2004
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Bristol Herald Courier
Obituary:

Nelle Neely Jenkins

Born: June 18, 1908

Died: February 2,  2004

Services will be held at: 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 3, 2004 from the 

Shady Valley Presbyterian Church.

Visitation times are: 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 3,2004 from Shady 

Valley Presbyterian Church.



Nelle Neely Jenkins, age 95, of Shady Valley, Tenn. went home to be with the 

Lord, Monday, February 2, 2004 at the Sycamore Shoals Hospital following a 

brief illness.  She was a native of the Sutherland Community and was born June 

18,1908 to the late Isaac Andrew and Ellen Hand Neely. She was preceded in 

death by her husband Jesse Taylor Jenkins who passed away 21 years ago on this 

date in 1981, also by ( 6) sisters and (4) brothers. She and her husband owned 

and operated Jenkins Grocery for 35 years on Orchard Road in Shady Valley. 

They where the original owners of the Jenkins Cranberry Bogg and Mrs. Jenkins 

served as Grand  Marshall for the October 2003 Cranberry Festival.  She was a 

50 year member o the Extension Club and very active member it the Shady Valley 

Senior Citizens,  a charter member of the Shady Valley Presbyterian  Church 

and loved to read and well known for her beautiful hanging baskets.  Survivors 

include a daughter: Dot Scott and husband Charles, of Shady Valley; a son: 

Carroll Jenkins and wife Eloise, of Shady Valley; a sister, Faye Brinkley of 

Shady Valley; three grandchildren: Lorie Shumate and husband John of Shady 

Valley, Jeffrey Jenkins and wife Cindy of Jonesborough, TN., Greg Jenkins and 

wife Tabitha of Jonesborough,; two great grandchildren: Colt Jenkins and 

Lenzie Jenkins. Several nieces and nephews, special friends: Ginger Norris and 

JoAnn Porter also survive. Funeral Services will be conducted 7:00 P. M. 

Tuesday, February 3, 2004 from the Shady Valley Presbyterian Church with Dr. 

thomas Peake, Minister Jim Sherman and Minister Jim Hutchinson to officiate.  

Music will be under the direction of Tom and Ann Peake,  Burial will be 

Wednesday in the Wood-Scott Cemetery in Shady Valley.  Pallbearers will be 

Jeff Jenkins, Greg Jenkins, John Shumate, Norman Taylor, Jim Eller and Wallace 

Coffey.  Honorary Pallbearers will be ; Virgil Cretsinger, Henry Perdue, 

Malcolm Perdue, Dr. Michael Kimbro, Doug Hornsby and Taylor Scott.  The family 

will receive friends from 5 until 7 P. M. Tuesday at the Shady Valley 

Presbyterian Church.. Friends may call at the residence of Charles and Dot 

Scott, 1250 Orchard Road, Shady Valley, Tenn. at anytime.

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