Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jenkins, Ruth M. Daughtrey, 1978 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ RUTH MARIE DAUGHTREY JENKINS SUFFOLK - Mrs. Ruth Marie Daughtrey Jenkins, 76, of 302 Central Ave., the widow of Cleveland D. Jenkins, died Sunday in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Nansemond County and retired after 39 years as an operator with Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company. She was a member of First Baptist Church and the Dorcas Sunday School Class. Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Blanche Phelps and Mrs. Ivy Wilkinson of Suffolk; two brothers, Millard A. Daughtrey of Suffolk and S. Edward Daughtrey of Chesapeake; and a number of nieces and nephews. A funeral will be held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in Sidney F. Harrell Funeral Home by the Rev. Richard Bailey. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. ****************************************************************************** Mrs. Ruth Marie D. Jenkins Mrs. Ruth Marie Daughtrey Jenkins, 76, of 302 Central Ave., the widow of Cleveland D. Jenkins, died Sunday in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Nansemond County and retired after 39 years as an operator with Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company. She was a member of First Baptist Church and the Dorcas Sunday School Class. She was the daughter of the late James E. and Georgia Ann Holland Daughtrey. Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Blanche Phelps and Mrs. Ivy Wilkinson of Suffolk; two brothers, Millard A. Daughtrey of Suffolk and S. Edward Daughtrey of Chesapeake; and a number of nieces and nephews. A funeral will be held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in Sidney F. Harrell Funeral Home by the Rev. Richard Bailey. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Ruth Marie (DAUGHTREY; Mrs. Cleveland Dewey) JENKINS, retired C&P Telephone operator, b. 21 Jun 1902, Nansemond Co., d. 9 Jul 1978, Suffolk, interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block S, Lot 40*), Suffolk, 11 Jul 1978, "Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Mon., July 10, 1978, p. A-8, text posted with Find a Grave Memorial #90395781; "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Mon., July 10, 1978, p. 2 *Additional information: Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_j.txt Her parents are buried in Block H, Lot 144: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_d.txt Photos of her gravestone & lot - added by Jake Dog - are also posted with Find a Grave Memorial #90395781. D.Cert. 78-021594 Her husband's obits ("Virginian-Pilot" & "Suffolk News-Herald," Aug. 1950) are posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/j525c21o.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/j525r16o.txt