EMMETT JENKINS

August 15, 1936 - June 13, 2011

Brown-McGehee Funeral Home, Inc. 610 AVE. F. BOGALUSA, LOUISIANA 70427 MR. EMMETT JENKINS; A NATIVE OF AND RESIDENT BOGALUSA, LA. PASSED AWAY MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2011 AT HIS RESIDENCE AT THE AGE OF 74. MR. JENKINS WAS A MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CHAPTER 31 ANTIQUE TRACTOR CLUB, HE WAS A MASON, MEMBER OF THE WASHINGTON PARISH SHERIFF’S POSSE, AN AVID HUNTER AND LOVED FARMING. HIS MOST PRIDE AND JOY WAS SPENDING TIME WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN. HE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY FOR 3 YEARS IN THE KOREAN CONFLICT. HE RETIRED AFTER WORKING WITH LP&L FOR 35 YEARS. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE OF 50 YEARS: VEDA JENKINS. 1-DAUGHTER: THERESA (VINCENT) CHAUVIN JR. BOGALUSA, LA. 1-BROTHER: RAY (LINDA) JENKINS, BOGALUSA, LA. 3-SISTERS: GENEIEVE THOMAS, BOGALUSA, LA. GRACE (JERAL) HOLMES, BUSH, LA. BETTY GRAVES, HATTIESBURG, MS. GRANDCHILDREN: RAGEN & FAITH CHAUVIN GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN: TREY & KAYLA CHAUVIN, BRITTNEY & MICHAEL COULTER, STEP-GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN: NOAH & NICHOLAS CHAUVIN. HE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS: LEONARD & GLADYS GALLOWAY JENKINS. 1-BROTHER: MICHAEL JENKINS FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2011 IN THE CHAPEL OF BROWN MCGEHEE FUNERAL HOME AT 11:00 A.M. WITH REV. LES COURTNEY, OFFICIATING. INTERMENT TO FOLLOW IN THE MAGEE CEMETERY AT BERRY’S CREEK. VISITATION WILL BE HELD AT THE FUNERAL HOME ON WEDNESDAY EVENING FROM 5:00 P.M. UNTIL 9:00 P.M. AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING FROM 8:00 A.M. UNTIL SERVICE TIME. For further funeral information or directions, please call Brown Mcgehee Funeral home at 985-732-7155. Family and friends may view and sign the online guestbook at www.brownmcgehee.com