Jerome ''Jack'' Jenkins

Jerome ''Jack'' Jenkins, 64, entered into rest on Tuesday, June 26, 2012.

Jack was born on May 5, 1948 in Hartford, Connecticut. He proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Vietnam Era, and attended the University of Hartford. He went on to retire as a Deputy Warden from the State of Connecticut Department of Corrections, and was a member of the American Legion of Warner Robins, Georgia #0594 and of the American Legion of Hartford, Connecticut #142. He will always be remembered as a devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend. His parents, James Jenkins, Sr. and Mattie Williams Jenkins; and siblings, Leatha Carpening, Fred Jenkins, and James Jenkins, Jr. preceded him in death.

His memory will forever be treasured by his loving wife, Althea J. Jenkins, Warner Robins; children, Althea Jacquelyn Jenkins, Tucker, Georgia, Joni Erron Johnston (Julius), Tucker, Georgia, and Jerome McCray Jenkins, Enfield, Connecticut; grandchildren, Althea Mattie, Julius Randolph, Jayson Richard, Olivia, and Kaysha Layla; siblings, Johnnie Mae Williams, Bloomfield, Connecticut, Vivian Wood (Timothy), Warner Robins, Georgia, Rose Marie Prince (David), Japan, Eugene Jenkins (Emily), Chesterfield, Missouri, and Anthony Jenkins (Sharon), Hartford, Connecticut; several aunts and uncle, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, and a host of relatives and friends.

Visitation will be Saturday, July 7, 2012 from 8:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. at Henry L. Fuqua Funeral Services in Bloomfield, Connecticut. A funeral service will immediately follow at 10:00 a.m. at Henry L. Fuqua Funeral Services with interment following in Mount St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield, Connecticut. Reverend Timothy Wood will officiate. In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests that donations be made to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital in Tribute to Jerome "Jack" Jenkins, Tribute #311-348-38, P.O. Box 1000, Dept #142, Memphis, TN 38148, 1-800-822-6344.


Funeral Home:
McCullough Funeral Home
417 S. Houston Lake Rd.
Warner Robins, GA
US 31088