Memorials › Edith Nerine Reeves Jenks
Edith Nerine Reeves Jenks
3 May 1920 – 29 Nov 1964
| Birth | 3 May 1920 |
| Death | 29 Nov 1964 |
| Cemetery | Forest Park Cemetery Greenville , Hunt County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | John Armstrong on 11 Aug 2006 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15296243 |
Bio
Ralph W Jenks, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1891-1959" Name: Ralph W Jenks Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 25 Oct 1947 Event Place: , Kay, Oklahoma, United States Spouse's Name: Edith N Reeves GS Film number: 1311022 Digital Folder Number: 004532715 Image Number: 00487 Citing this Record "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1891-1959," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VR3P-KB6 : accessed 07 Aug 2013), Ralph W Jenks and Edith N Reeves, 1947. Texas Death Index: Jenks Edith Nerine 11-29-1964 HUNT F WIDOWED Edith Nerine Jenks, "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976" Name: Edith Nerine Jenks Event Type: Death Event Date: 29 Nov 1964 Event Place: Greenville, Hunt, Texas, United States Gender: Female Marital Status: Widowed Birth Date: 03 May 1920 Birthplace: , Texas Father's Name: John Harris Reeves Mother's Name: Certificate Number: 78505 GS Film number: 2117653 Digital Folder Number: 005164778 Image Number: 03161 Citing this Record "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3X2-BTP : accessed 07 Aug 2013), Edith Nerine Jenks, 1964. Greenville (Texas) Herald BAnner, Tue, 1 Dec 1964, page 2, Deaths, Services Tuesday For Mrs. Jenks Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday for Mrs. Ralph W. Jenks, 44, widow of a former Hunt County Health Officer who died at 9:45 p.m. Sunday at her home, 3916 Park street. Mrs. Jenks was found dead at her home shortly before 10 p.m. Afterwards Justice of the Peace Homer Wacasey conducted an inquest and returned a verdict that death was due to a gunshot wound self-inflicted. The Rev. B.J. Bell, pastor of Park Street Baptist Church will conduct the services which will be held in the chapel of Coker-Mathews-Peters Funeral Home. Burial will be in Forest Park Cemetery. Pallbearers will be W.A. Perry, Dr. J.Phil Mockford, James C. Robinson, Steve Wheeless, J.B. Briscoe and Garnett Lee. Friends may call at the funeral home. Mrs. Janks (sic) was secretary in the office of the Extension Service in the courthouse and was referred to Monday by County Agent Steve Wheeless as one of the most efficient secretaries ever to serve in this office. Her husband, who was Hunt County Health Officer for a number of years, died in 1959. Born May 3, 1920, in Winnsboro, Mrs. Jenks was the daughter of John Harris Reeves and Bertie Leona Reeves. She was reared in Winnsboro and the Wolfe City area, came to Greenville in 1942 and had since made her home in this city. She was married to Dr. Jenks in Oklahoma in 1947. Mrs. Jenks was a member of the First Baptist Church in Wolfe City. Always pleasant and friendly she was esteemed by friends throughout a wide area. Her service with the public was marked by courtesy and a willingness to go to the extreme to be helpful. Surviving Mrs. Jenks are two sisters, Mrs. A.M. Nelson of Greenville and Mrs. Jerry Cox of Fort Worth, and two brothers, Buford Reeves of Greenville and Earl Reeves of Fort Worth. She is survived also by a number of nieces and nephews. Greenville (Texas) Herald Banner, Wed, 2 Dec 1964, page 2, Deaths, Mrs. Jenks Services for Mrs. Ralph Jenks, 44, were Tuesday afternoon here with burial in Forest Park Cemetery. Mrs. Jenks, the widow of a former Hunt County Health Officer, died Sunday at her home, 3916 Park Street. She was secretary in the office of the Extension Service in the courthouse. Mrs. Jenks was reared in Winnsboro and the Wolfe City area and came to Greenville in 1942.
Photos
Family
Parents
Spouse
Siblings
Export GEDCOM
This person only · Entire connected family