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Born: AUGUST 1 1911 Died: APRIL 2 2004 SCOTT CO MO BELLS TEXAS IKE JENKINS 92 WENT TO HIS MANSION IN GLORY SURROUNDED BY THE LOVE OF HIS FAMILY APRIL 2 2004 AT HIS HOME 806 N. PECAN ST IN BELLS THE FAMILY WILL BE AT THE MULLICAN LITTLE FUNERAL HOME FOR VISITATION ON MONDAY APRIL 5 FROM 7/8 P M SERVICES WII BE TUESDAY AT 1 PM IN THE CHAPEL WITH INTERMENT AT ROSE HILL CEMETERY IN BELLS TEXAS PALLBEARERS ARE BILL JR,. CHARLES DAVID,AND CHARLES DENTON JENKINS DOUGLAS IKE THOMPSON, JOHN F PAYNE, J B BALDRIDGE , JAMES O CONARY EULOGY WILL BE GIVEN BY DIANE CATLIN ARRANGEMENTS ARE UNDER DIRECTION OF MULLICAN LITTLE FUNERAL HOME IKE WAS BORN AUG. 1 1911 IN FRISBEE MO TO THE LATE FRANCIS AND ADA BELL MORRIS JENKINS HE WAS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS 5 BROTHERS AND 2 SISTERS HE MARRIED OPHIA BROOKSIE BARKER ON NOV 19 1938 IN CHARLESTON MO. SURVIVING IS HIS WIFE OF 65 YEARS OF THE HOME 5 SONS BILL SR, OF BELLS CHARLES H, OF GUN BARREL CITY TX DAVID OF CORSICANA TX CARROLL OF COLD SPRING TX AND JAMES OF MILWAUKEE WI 3 DAUGHTERS ALICE AVALOS , BRENDA BALDRIDGE OF BELLS AND ELIZABETH CONARY OF DENISON TX 33 GRANDCHILDREN 34 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN 1 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILD 3 STEP GRANDCHILDREN 7 STEP GREAT GRANDCHILDREN IKE GREW UP IN SIKESTON MOAND WORKED AS A YOUNG MAN AT THE BROWN SHOE FACTORY HE MET AND MARRIED HIS WIFE AND STARTED HIS FAMILY IKE AND A BROTHER GROVER MOVED THIER FAMILIES TO TEXAS SETTLING IN RAYMONDVILLE TX HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FOURSQUARE GOSPEL CHURCH HE WORKED AS A MECHANIC AT WELCHS MOTOR CO. EVENTUALLY GOING INTO BUSINESS WITH HIS SON BILL SR. HE RETIRED IN 1975 MOVING WITH HIS WIFE TO BELLS WHERE HE OWNED AND OPERATED THE BELLS LAUNDRY MAT UNTIL 1980 WHEN HE SOLD THE BUSINESS AS A HOBBY HE MADE GUITARS, VIOLINS,AND A SPECIAL BANJO HE WAS RECONIZED BY THE DENISON HEARLD IN 1979 FOR MAKING A BANJO FROM A PRESSURE COOKER IKE NEVER TURNED AWAY A STRANGER OR A FRIEND IN NEED OF HELP LODGING OR FOOD BELIEVING THAT HE MIGHT BE ENTERTAINING ANGELS UN AWARE WITH MANY STORIES THAT COULD BE TOLD WAS HIS PASSION FOR FISHING HE WAS A GOOD HUSBAND FATHER AND GRANDFATHER HE LOVED AND WAS LOVED BY HIS FAMILY HE WILL BE MISSED BY ALL WE TAKE COMFORT KNOWING HE IS DANCING AND LAUGHING ON THE STREETS PAVED BY GOLD NOTE: This site is a AHGP Project which is a volunteer genealogical organization dedicated to the free access of genealogical information. NOTE: If you run across a site thats charges a fee to view these pages, please let me know This is a free site. There is not a charge to view these pages. Return To -J- Obituarie 
 
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