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1910 - 2005
Walter Allen Jenkins, 94, of Bidwell, passed away Monday, Jan. 24, 2005, in the Overbrook Center at Middleport.
He was born March 21, 1910, in Cheshire Township, Gallia County, son of the late James A. Jenkins and Mintie Edith VanKirk Jenkins.
He married Helen Irene Byas on Aug. 24, 1932, at Addison, and she preceded him in death on Feb. 26, 1992. Also preceding him in death were a son, James Jenkins; brothers, John, Lloyd, Elmer, Otho, Seaman, Danville and James Jenkins; and sisters, Reba Dale Holstead, Leola Potter and Nita Rupe.
Mr. Jenkins is survived by a son, John (Brenda) Jenkins of Westfield, Ind.; three daughters, Grace Darlene (Henry) Whealdon of Patriot, Shirley Anne (Lester) Elkins of Bidwell, and Linda Lee (Jeffery) Brumfield of Bidwell; 11 grandchildren, several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Olive Trimmer of Goshen, Ind., and Edria Emery of Mooresville, Ind.
Mr. Jenkins was a lifelong resident of Cheshire Township and a member of the Rutland Freewill Baptist Church. He was a retired carpenter and had been employed by the state of Ohio, the Middleport Ford Garage and Cris Craft.
Services will be 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 28, 2005, at the Vinton Baptist Church, 11818 State Route 160, Vinton, with Pastors Heath and Seth Jenkins officiating. Interment will follow in the Vinton Memorial Park. Friends may call at the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home at Vinton from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005.
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