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David Howard Jenkins
David Howard Jenkins, 85, of Sumner passed away Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009.
Services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, at Bright-Holland Funeral Home with Rev. Chad Lamb officiating. Burial follows in Evergreen Cemetery with Rev. Charles Scarborough officiating.
The family receives friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, at the funeral home.
He was the son of Thomas Dee and Mader Melton Jenkins, born April 20, 1924, in Pocahontas, Ark. He served in the U. S. Army during World War II. A farmer and rancher, he and his wife owned and operated Jenkins Chicken Farm in the Bluff Community north of Detroit for 25 years. He was a member of Victorious Life Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents; four sisters, Effie Jenkins, Mary Gordon and husband, Mac, Ann Pierce and husband, Ray, and Ina Williams; and brothers-in-law, Kenneth Howard and Red Richardson.
Survivors include his wife, Doris Kennemer Jenkins, whom he married on Dec. 21, 1946, building 62 years of family and memories together; three children, Dewayne Jenkins and wife, Brenda Kay, of Paris, Kevin Jenkins and wife, Kaye, of Sumner and Barbara Hoskins and husband, Dwight, of Detroit; grandchildren, Jason Jenkins, Chad Jenkins, Delvin Hoskins, Kristen Jenkins Archer and Kasey Jenkins Black; great grandchildren, Amber Jenkins, Colton Jenkins, Troy Jenkins, Jacie Jenkins, Levi Hoskins, Brandt Archer, Breann Archer, Bryce Archer and Ashley Coursey; sisters, Ellen Richardson of Dallas, and Von Howard of Forney; a brother, Billy Jenkins and wife, Kerry, of Clardy; a brother-in-law, Arthur Williams of Clarksville; along with numerous nieces, nephews and a host of friends.
Casket bearers will be Jason Jenkins, Delvin Hoskins, Chad Jenkins, Levi Hoskins, Jeremy Archer and Robert Black.
To leave a message or tribute for the family please visit www.brighthollandfuneralhome.com.
Published August 10, 2009
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