Juanita Roberts Jenkins
June 15, 1925 — January 27, 2017
Juanita Roberts Jenkins, 91, formerly of Missouri, died Friday, January 27, 2017 at Cypress Pond Assisted Living Center.
A visitation will be held on Saturday, February 4, 2017 from 6-8 pm in the chapel of Albritton Funeral Directors. A private interment will be held in Missouri at a later date.
Mrs. Jenkins is born on June 15, 1925 in Martinsburg, Missouri to the late Rollie Roberts and Lena Pearl Thornton Roberts. She was married to the late Donald Lee Jenkins who died in 1972. Mrs. Jenkins was a long time member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Catholic Church in Missouri. She worked for Southwestern Bell in Mexico, Missouri for more than 20 years and later retired from United Telephone Company in Jefferson City, Missouri. Mrs. Jenkins was very artistic, creating beautiful hand work and crocheting beautiful afghans.
Mrs. Jenkins is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Donna and Bill Kennard of Tifton and one grandchild, Eric and Tiffanie Marksbury of Nashville, TN.
Mrs. Jenkins was preceded in death by one infant daughter and one sister, Iola Sommerfeld.
Because of her passion for animals, in lieu of flowers please make donations to the Tift County Animal Shelter, 278 GA Hwy 125, Tifton, Georgia 31794