Mrs. Mattie M. Jenkins (nee Peters), widow of the late J. E. Jenkins, Baptist minister, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fernand DeJean, of Hodge, Thursday, August 17, at 11:45 a.m. Mrs. Jenkins had been ill for the past four months. Her death, thought not unexpected, was a distinct shock to a wide circle of friends and a host of relatives here, where she had resided for the past thirty years. The death of Mrs. Jenkins records the passing of the last member and youngest child of a large family of children of the late William and Marina McCarty Peters, one of the pioneer families of Winn Parish.
The deceased was born in Winn Parish, October 20, 1869, and was 63 years, 9 months, and 27 days of age at the time of her death. She was a member of the First Baptist Church here and a member also of Palestine Chapter No. 55, O. E. S.
Funeral services were held from the First Baptist Church of Winnfield, at 2;30 Friday afternoon. Rev. Alwin Stokes, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church conducted the services with the assistance of Rev. John L. Dodge, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Jonesboro.
Interment was made in the family burial plot at Zion Hill Cemetery, near here.
Surviving the deceased are the following children: S. E. Jenkins, G. W. Jenkins, J. M. Jenkins, and Mrs. Earl Hughes, of Winnfield; Mrs. T. J. McDowell and Mrs. Fernand DeJean, of Hodge; Mrs. W. E. Harlan of Plaquemine.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise, August 24, 1933
The deceased was born in Winn Parish, October 20, 1869, and was 63 years, 9 months, and 27 days of age at the time of her death. She was a member of the First Baptist Church here and a member also of Palestine Chapter No. 55, O. E. S.
Funeral services were held from the First Baptist Church of Winnfield, at 2;30 Friday afternoon. Rev. Alwin Stokes, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church conducted the services with the assistance of Rev. John L. Dodge, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Jonesboro.
Interment was made in the family burial plot at Zion Hill Cemetery, near here.
Surviving the deceased are the following children: S. E. Jenkins, G. W. Jenkins, J. M. Jenkins, and Mrs. Earl Hughes, of Winnfield; Mrs. T. J. McDowell and Mrs. Fernand DeJean, of Hodge; Mrs. W. E. Harlan of Plaquemine.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise, August 24, 1933
Mrs. Mattie M. Jenkins (nee Peters), widow of the late J. E. Jenkins, Baptist minister, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fernand DeJean, of Hodge, Thursday, August 17, at 11:45 a.m. Mrs. Jenkins had been ill for the past four months. Her death, thought not unexpected, was a distinct shock to a wide circle of friends and a host of relatives here, where she had resided for the past thirty years. The death of Mrs. Jenkins records the passing of the last member and youngest child of a large family of children of the late William and Marina McCarty Peters, one of the pioneer families of Winn Parish.
The deceased was born in Winn Parish, October 20, 1869, and was 63 years, 9 months, and 27 days of age at the time of her death. She was a member of the First Baptist Church here and a member also of Palestine Chapter No. 55, O. E. S.
Funeral services were held from the First Baptist Church of Winnfield, at 2;30 Friday afternoon. Rev. Alwin Stokes, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church conducted the services with the assistance of Rev. John L. Dodge, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Jonesboro.
Interment was made in the family burial plot at Zion Hill Cemetery, near here.
Surviving the deceased are the following children: S. E. Jenkins, G. W. Jenkins, J. M. Jenkins, and Mrs. Earl Hughes, of Winnfield; Mrs. T. J. McDowell and Mrs. Fernand DeJean, of Hodge; Mrs. W. E. Harlan of Plaquemine.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise, August 24, 1933
The deceased was born in Winn Parish, October 20, 1869, and was 63 years, 9 months, and 27 days of age at the time of her death. She was a member of the First Baptist Church here and a member also of Palestine Chapter No. 55, O. E. S.
Funeral services were held from the First Baptist Church of Winnfield, at 2;30 Friday afternoon. Rev. Alwin Stokes, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church conducted the services with the assistance of Rev. John L. Dodge, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Jonesboro.
Interment was made in the family burial plot at Zion Hill Cemetery, near here.
Surviving the deceased are the following children: S. E. Jenkins, G. W. Jenkins, J. M. Jenkins, and Mrs. Earl Hughes, of Winnfield; Mrs. T. J. McDowell and Mrs. Fernand DeJean, of Hodge; Mrs. W. E. Harlan of Plaquemine.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise, August 24, 1933
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