Walter Allen Jenkins
March 21, 1910 — January 24, 2005
Walter Allen Jenkins, 94, Bidwell passed away Monday, January 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 August 24, 1932 at Addison, and she preceded him in death on February 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, Westfield, Indiana; three daughters, Grace Darlene (Henry) Whealdon, Patriot; Shirley Anne (Lester) Elkins, Bidwell and Linda Lee (Jeffery) Brumfield, Bidwell; eleven grandchildren, several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Olive Trimmer, Goshen, Indiana and Edria Emery, Mooresville, Indiana.
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 11:00 AM Friday, January 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 4:00-7:00 PM Thursday, January 27, 2005.