Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jenkins, Henrietta Rawls, 1937 

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HENRIETTA RAWLS JENKINS

   Mrs. Henrietta Rawls Jenkins, widow of the late W.H. Jenkins, died at her 
home in North High Street yesterday (Thursday) afternoon after a brief 
illness.  Mrs. Jenkins was 71 years old.  She had been making her home with 
her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Pugh of Portsmouth for the past year and had returned 
to Franklin for a visit on Thursday of last week.

   Mrs. Jenkins was the daughter of the late Elisha Rawls and Sarah Freeman 
Rawls.  Besides her daughter she is survived by three sons, W.H. Jenkins of 
New York; J. Willard Jenkins of Chicago and W. Crawford Jenkins of Portsmouth; 
a sister, Mrs. Mason Jones of Holland, a brother, Lafayette Rawls of 
Carrsville and five grandchildren.

   Mrs. Jenkins was a communicant of the Franklin Baptist Church.  Her sunny 
personality and kindly disposition had won her many friends during her long 
residence here.  Funeral services will be conducted from the residence in High 
Street Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock by the Rev. R.D. Stephenson, her 
pastor. Interment will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery here.

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   The funeral of Mrs. Henrietta Rawls Jenkins, highly-esteemed Franklin woman 
whose death was recorded in last week’s News, were held from her late 
residence in North High Street Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock in the presence 
of a large company of friends. Rev. R.D. Stephenson, pastor of the Franklin 
Baptist Church where Mrs. Jenkins had been a consistent member for many years, 
conducted the rites, assisted by the Rev. J.T. Garland Moore of Beaver Dam. 
"Rock of Ages" was sung by a quartette from the church choir; the scripture 
lessons were read by Mr. Stephenson and Mr. Moore, the prayer being offered by 
Mr. Stephenson.

   The active pallbearers were Mrs. Jenkins’ three sons, W.H. Jenkins, Jr. of 
Philadelphia, W. Crawford Jenkins of Norfolk and J. Willard Jenkins of 
Chicago; her son-in-law, Randolph Pugh of Portsmouth, and four nephews, D.W. 
Darden of Richmond, Emmett and Felton Rawls and William Jones of Holland.  The 
honorary bearers were selected from a number of old friends of the family. 
Burial was made in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Mrs. Jenkins, who had been making her home in Portsmouth with her daughter, 
Mrs. Randolph Pugh, for about a year, had been in Franklin only a few days 
when her death occurred suddenly April 22.  Besides her children, there are 
five grandchildren; a brother, Lafayette Rawls of Carrsville, and a sister, 
Mrs. Mason Jones of Holland, besides a large family connection and a wide 
circle of friends.

   Few people have been residents of our town and community who have made a 
finer or more lasting impression upon friends and neighbors than Mrs. Jenkins.


Henrietta (RAWLS; Mrs. William H. {I}) JENKINS, 
d. 22 Apr 1937, at home, Franklin, age 71, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 35*), Franklin, 
   24 Apr 1937, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 23, 1937, p. 1; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 30, 1937, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

Henrietta was William's second wife; their marriage was not found in the 
   Southampton Co. records.  His obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 13, 1928, p. 1) 
   gives her as of Isle of Wight Co., m. 10 Dec 1889.  The record of his first 
   marriage 5 Jan 1879 to Addie LAWRENCE (1856-1886) is appended to the obit. 
   File posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j525w11o.txt 


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