Bishop Jenkins

PRINCETON – Bishop Howard Budd Jenkins, 96, of Princeton Health Care Center, Princeton, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. Born December 15, 1914 at Walker in Wood County, WV, he was the son of the late Samuel Jasper and Rosetta Mary (Hyde) Jenkins. Bishop Jenkins was a pastor for the Church of God in West Virginia for over 30 years having pastored Richwood, Lafrank, Marfrance, Brushy Run, Pennsboro, Powhatan, Northfork, Weirton, Parsons, Kellysville, Salem, Smithers, White Sulphur Springs, Mill Creek and Moundsville, where he retired in 1976. Devoted to his ministry, he loved and cared for the members of the churches where he pastored. He was a member of the Princeton Church of God. Bishop Jenkins was a true man of God, who lived his life by the Bible and the principles for which he preached. He was a kind, upright, tenderhearted and loving individual. He loved his family and sacrificed his own needs for theirs. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Geraldine Jewell (Taylor) Jenkins on March 25, 1968; one step-son, Paul David Herndon; three sisters, Lula Layman, Nellie Mead and Dora Stephens; and four brothers, Clyde Jenkins, Okey Jenkins, Kenneth Jenkins and Dencle Jenkins; two granddaughters, Lori Jenkins and Christa Jenkins Arnett. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. He is survived by his loving and supportive wife of 42 years, Ruby Mae (Jewel) Herndon Jenkins of Bluefield; one daughter, Judy Whitlow and her husband Kenneth of Bluefield; six sons, Robert S. Jenkins and his wife Pauline of Matoaka, Howard G. Jenkins and his wife Gail of Covington, VA, Lee R. Jenkins and his wife Daisy of Taylors, SC, Thomas R. Jenkins and his wife Karry of Flemington, Jack R. Jenkins and his wife Evelyn of White Sulphur Springs and Daniel M. Jenkins and his wife Rebecca of Clarksburg; one step-daughter, Patti Herndon of Fairhope, AL; 17 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, 2 great-great grandchildren, 4 step-grandchildren and 4 step-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, April 9, 2011 at the Rowland H. Bailey Funeral Chapel of the Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home in Princeton with Bishop Wayne DeHart officiating. Interment will be at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, April 10, 2011 at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Salem, WV. Friends and family attending the service are asked to meet at the cemetery. Friends may call Saturday, April 9, 2011 from 5:00 p.m. until service hour at the Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home in Princeton. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.bailey-kirk.com. His Journey’s Just Begun Don’t think of him as gone away- His journey’s just begun, Life holds so many facets- This earth is only one… Just think of him as resting From the sorrows and the tears In a place of warmth and comfort Where there are no days and years. Think how he must be wishing That we could know today How nothing but our sadness Can really pass away. And think of him as living In the hearts of those he touched… For nothing loved is ever lost- And he was loved so much. (E. Brenneman)

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Bishop Jenkins

April 6, 2011