Southampton-Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Jenkins, Varina E. Bailey, 1937 

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VARINA BAILEY JENKINS

MRS. F.F. JENKINS DIES HERE FRIDAY MORNING

   Mrs. Varina Bailey Jenkins, wife of F.F. Jenkins of this town, County Supt. 
of Schools, died at her residence in North High Street early this (Friday) 
morning after an illness of about five months.

   Mrs. Jenkins was before her marriage to Mr. Jenkins August 26, 1920, Miss 
Varina Bailey of Windsor, Va., the daughter of the late Charles W. Bailey and 
Mrs. Indiana Virginia Howell Bailey of that town.  She was educated at the 
State Teachers College, Farmville, and had taught successfully in the high 
schools of Wakefield, Waverly, Prospect and Whaleyville, Virginia, besides 
being Supervisor of Rural Schools in her native county, Isle of Wight.

   While teaching at Whaleyville in 1920 she was married to F.F. Jenkins, at 
that time Principal of the Whaleyville High School, moving to Franklin when 
her husband became Southampton’s Supt. of Schools on December 1, 1923.  Mrs. 
Jenkins was a woman of many fine traits of character and personality and had 
made a wide circle of friends during her fourteen years residence in Franklin. 
As a teacher of experience herself, she was naturally most sympathetic and 
helpful in the work of her husband as head of the public school system of this 
county.

   Uniting with the Windsor Christian Church many years ago, she moved her 
membership to the Franklin Christian Church upon making her home here where 
she was active and useful in the work of her church, and its women’s 
organizations, the Woman’s Missionary Soceity and the Ladies’ Aid Society.

   Besides her husband, Mrs. Jenkins is survived by two brothers, Columbus W. 
Bailey and Lorenzo Bailey, and two sisters, Mrs. J.C. Roberts and Mrs. W.S. 
Wilkinson, all of Windsor, besides several nieces and nephews and a host of 
friends wherever she was known.

   Funeral services will be conducted from the residence in North High Street 
Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock by Rev. Dr. Elwood W. Jones of the Franklin 
Congregational  Christian Church, assisted by Rev. R.D. Stephenson of the 
Baptist Church.  Burial will take place in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

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FUNERAL RITES FOR MRS. F.F. JENKINS HERE

   Funeral rites for Mrs. F.F. Jenkins, whose death occurred here last Friday 
morning, were held from the home in North High Street Sunday afternoon at 3:30 
o’clock in the presence of a large assemblage of friends, many of whom were 
State school officials, superintendents of schools from near-by counties and 
a host of teachers, friends of Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins, with whom she and her 
husband, Supt. of Schools F.F. Jenkins, had been associated in school work in 
Southampton and adjoining counties.

   The service was conducted by Rev. Dr. Elwood W. Jones, pastor of the 
Franklin Congregational Christian Church were Mrs. Jenkins had been a 
consistent and useful member, assisted by Rev. R.D. Stephenson of the Franklin 
Baptist Church.  The choir of her church sang "It Is Well with My Soul," and 
Mrs. H.M. Purviance of Boykins used as a solo "At Eventide."

   Burial was held in Poplar Spring Cemetery, the pallbearers being; State 
Supt. of Schools, Dr. Sidney B. Hall of Richmond; G.A. Lankford of Capron, 
chairman of the County School Board; Prof. B.T. Watkins, principal of the 
Franklin High School; Dr. J.E. Rawls of Suffolk, S.W. Rawls, Geo. H. Parker, 
E.P. Jones and L.B. Norfleet.  During the committal service at the grave, Dr. 
Jones read "Crossing the Bar."


Varina E. (BAILEY; Mrs. Floyd F.) JENKINS, Isle of Wight & Nansemond Co. teacher, 
Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 27 Aug 1937, at home, Franklin, age 45, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 19*), Franklin, 
   29 Aug 1937, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 27, 1937, p. 1; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 3, 1937, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," July 9, 1984, p. 35) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/j525f4ob.txt 

Several of her siblings are buried in Mt. Carmel Christian Church Cemetery, 
   Walters.  Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} list:
http://www.iwchs.com/Documents/Mt%20Carmel%20Church_Walters%20Hwy_Cemetery.doc 

Her sister Lucy (Mrs. James C.) ROBERTS is buried in Windsor Cemetery. 
   IWCHS GSSTF list:
http://www.iwchs.com/Documents/Windsor_East%20Griffin%20St_Cemetery.doc 


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