Isle of Wight-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jenkins, Josiah L., 1943 

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Joseph [sic; Josiah] L. Jenkins Rites At Mount Carmel Friday 

  Funeral services for Joseph L. Jenkins, 76, who died at his home near 
Wakefield Wednesday afternoon, will be held from the home Friday afternoon, 
June 4, at 3:30 o'clock, with the Rev. A.W.H. Jones, a former pastor of the 
Wakefield Baptist Church, of which the deceased was a member, officiating. 
Burial will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Walters. 

  Mr. Jenkins was one of the most progressive farmers in Wakefield District 
and had made his home here for the past 38 years.  He was a native of Isle 
of Wight County. 

  He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. J.S. Johnson, Walters, and Mrs. E.G. 
Reid, Palo Alto, Calif.; one son, S.I. Jenkins, Wakefield; four brothers, 
three sisters and five grandchildren. 


"Joe" Josiah L. JENKINS, farmer, 
b. 9 Jan 1867, Isle of Wight Co., d. 2 Jun 1943, at home, near Wakefield, 
interred in Mount Carmel Christian Church Cemetery*, Walters, 4 Jun 1943, 
"Tri-County News" (Wakefield, VA), Vol. 15, No. 28, Fri., June 4, 1943, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Mount Carmel list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/mtcarmel.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #61: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Ron Stewart- is posted with Find a Grave 
   Memorial #102056160, which also lists him as Joseph. 

His parents, Wm. Judson & Hattie Frances (PARR) STAGG, are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 16451 (Dist. 915A) gives son of Irvin & Charlotte (RHODES) JENKINS. 
   Lottie was Irvin's first wife. 

His father was a Confederate veteran, having served as a private in Co. D, 
   16th VA Infantry. 


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