Harold Jenkins

JENKINS, Mr. Harold - Age 91, passed away Thursday, October 28, 2010. Family hour 10 a.m. Saturday, November 6, 2010 at Christ Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, 317 E. Hamilton Ave., with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m., Rev. Dr. Anthony Jones, Sr., officiating. Interment River Rest Cemetery, G-4413 Flushing Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10 a.m. Saturday. Mr. Jenkins will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 12Noon-8 p.m. Friday. Today, we celebrate the life and home going of a beloved father (pop), grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle and child of God. Harold Gaines Jenkins entered this life on April 22, 1919 to the late Agnes Gaines Jenkins and the late Lewis Jenkins, Sr. of Townsville, South Carolina. Harold was the eldest of two children to this union. He received his education in the Townsville, SC school system. He was a member of the U.S. Army from 1945-1947. Harold was stationed in Germany and France where he supplied General Patton Tank Battalion with troops and supplies which was known in history as the “Red Ball Express”. He moved to Winston-Salem, North Carolina in February 1947, he was employed with the R.J. Reynolds Co. Harold was a unique and distinguished child of God. He accepted the Lord at an early age. Upon moving to Flint in 1953, he united with Canaan Baptist Church and was a charter member of Christ Fellowship Baptist Church, where he served on the Usher Board. Harold was also a former member of the Prince Hall Mason of Eureka Lodge#16, Flint, MI. It was in Winston-Salem that Harold was introduced and united in Holy Matrimony to his wife, the late Alma F. Rice. To this union, Milous Jenkins was born. Shortly, after locating to Flint, Harold was employed by General Motors engine plant 36. He retired in 1981. Harold was a sportsman. He enjoyed baseball, football, and basketball. His hobbies were fishing, hunting and cooking wild game. Mr. Harold G. Jenkins was loved and will be dearly missed by: devoted son, Milous Jenkins of Clinton, MD; granddaughter, Sequoia Jenkins; great-grandson, Daqueveon Alexander both of Flint; sisters, Laura Benton and Magonolia Haynes both of Philadelphia, PA and Marie Lee of Anderson, SC; brother, Fostell Jenkins of Townsville, SC; nieces, Patricia Simmons of Philadelphia, PA and Phyllis Scales; great-niece, Roxanne Conway of Flint; two nephews, Walter Ingram and Melvin Ingram; many other nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends including special friend, Mary Johnson.

Harold Jenkins

April 22, 1919 - October 28, 2010