Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jenkins, Mary E. Phelps, 1954 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ MARY ELIZABETH PHELPS JENKINS Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Jenkins, age 67, resident of Carrsville, for the past eight years, died suddenly Tuesday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E.L. Bradshaw. Mrs. Jenkins was a native of Gates County, N.C., and was the daughter of the late Henry and Julia Umphlette Phelps of Gates County, a member of Whaleyville Methodist Church. She was the widow of Elisha Thomas Jenkins of Gates County. Besides Mrs. Bradshaw she is survived by five other daughters, Mrs. W.D. White and Mrs. Charlie Umphlette, both of Whaleyville, Mrs. W.T. Forehand of Richmond, Mrs. Pattie Wilkins and Mrs. Martha Forehand of Corapeake, N.C.; two sons, Exum Jenkins of Gatesville, and Henry Jenkins of Murfreesboro; 32 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren, and one brother, Arthur Phelps, of Gates, N.C. Remains were taken to the funeral home of W.J.M. Holland & Sons of Franklin. Funeral services were held at the Whaleyville Methodist Church today, April 8, at 2:30 p.m., with the Rev. Stock Jett, Jr., officiating. Interment was made in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were E.A. Brothers, D.R. Carr, Lee White, John White, and John Dolan. Mary Elizabeth (PHELPS; Mrs. Elisha T.) JENKINS, of Carrsville, Gates Co., NC native, d. 6 Apr 1954, at daughter's home, age 67, interred in Whaleyville Methodist Church Cemetery*, 8 Apr 1954, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 8, 1954 *Unmarked? Added to Whaleyville list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/whaleyvl.txt Her husband's 1930 D.Cert. gives buried "near Whaley." 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/nansemond/obits/j525m9ob.txt