Claude Jenkins' Obituary
Claude M. Jenkins, 90, of Clinton, formerly of Sparta, Tennessee, died Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at Mercy Medical Center, North Campus, Clinton.
Visitation will be Thursday from 3:00 to 7:00pm at the Camanche Chapel Snell-Zornig Funeral Home and Crematory a short prayer service and military honors conducted by the Camanche VFW will conclude the visitation. Funeral Services will be 2:00pm Saturday, November 10, 2007 at Shady Grove Methodist Church in Walling, Tennessee. Serving as pallbearers will be Lee McClure, Harold McClure, Ron Winn, Keethan Disbrow, Ted Tudor, and Tom Ross. Visitation will be from 1:00pm to the service time Saturday at the church. Burial will be in the Shady Grove Cemetery.
Claude Meek Jenkins was born on January 28, 1917 in Sparta, Tennessee the son of Edward and Lou Ritha (Meek) Jenkins. He married Leona Rohde on December 20, 1941 in Missouri; she died October 1993.
Claude was a veteran of World War II serving in the United States Army from 1942-1945.
Claude was employed as a maintenance rigger at EI DuPont in Clinton for over 38 years, retiring in 1979.
Claude was a member of the Shady Grove Methodist Church and Lyons United Methodist Church in Clinton.
Claude is survived by three sons: Leslie Jenkins and his wife, Bonnie of Iowa City, Iowa; David Jenkins and his wife: Kay of Clinton, Iowa; Craig Jenkins of Clinton, Iowa, and one daughter: Claudia and her husband Norm Zier of Apache Junction, Arizona; four grandchildren: Jennifer Hubbs, John Petersen, Tom Jenkins, and Curtis Jenkins and two great-grandchildren: Casey and Caden Hubbs; two step-grandchildren: Jesse Miller and Tony Zier; three step-great-grandchildren: Alex Zier, Jamie Miller, and Andrew Miller.
Claude is preceded in death by his parents, his wife; one son: Thomas, two brothers, and four sisters.
The family requests that memorials be made to the Lyons United Methodist Church.
Online condolences may be expressed to Claude's family by visiting his obituary at www.snellzornig.com.
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