Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jenkins, Myrtle O., 1970 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ MYRTLE O. JENKINS A funeral service for Miss Myrtle O. Jenkins was conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. Joseph L. McTeer and Dr. Ira D. Hudgins. Burial was in Colosse Church Cemetery. Pallbearers were Thomas T. Hamilton, Fred O. Wygall, James F. Duff, Dr. Darden W. Jones, Felton Johnson, Grafton Spivey, Palmer Spivey and Robert Waters. Miss Jenkins, 70, died Tuesday in a Richmond nursing home after a long illness. She was a daughter of William F. and Mrs. Permelia Spivey Jenkins. A native of Isle of Wight County, she was a member of Colosse Baptist Church. She taught in Edenton, N.C. city schools from 1925 until retirement in 1966. She was a member of City Teachers Association and State of North Carolina Association. Surviving is a brother, Floyd F. Jenkins of Richmond. [Myrtle O. JENKINS, of Windsor, retired Edenton, NC teacher, Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 27 Jan 1970, Richmond, age 70, interred in Colosse Baptist Church Cemetery*, Collosse, 30 Jan 1970, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 2, 1970] [*unmarked? not on Colosse list, though her parents "Wm. F." (1859-1906) and "Permelia R." (1859-1915) are given. Isle of Wight County Historical Society, Grave Site Survey Task Force: http://www.iwchs.com/Documents/Collosse_Rhodes%20Dr_Cemetery.doc] Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/j525m7ob.txt