Donald Richard Jenkins

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Posted by: Ward Wilson
Date: Aug 16 2018 2:48 PM

Ward Wilson Memory Hill Funeral Home Cemetery and Crematory

2414 Hartford Highway

Dothan, Alabama 36305

334-792-4194

www.wardwilson.com

Donald Richard Jenkins, known to friends as “Don,” passed away on August 15, 2018, at the age of 89.

Donald was born June 3, 1929, in Elyria, Ohio. He met and later married his wife, June Etha Jenkins on October 22, 1952, in Angola, Indiana. They moved south when Doanld Jenkins joined the Army on June 3, 1952, and were stationed at Fort Brnning in Georgia. He served in the Army as a paratrooper until June 3, 1955. Don and June then moved from Columbus, Georgia to LaGrange, Georgia where Donald Jenkins became a Real Estate Broker and Home Builder.

In 2014, Don and June moved to Dothan, Alabama to be closer to their daughter, Clarice Gibson.

Don is survived by his wife of 65 years, June, four daughters, Donna (Steve Dossey), Theresa Hartz (John Rasmussen), Clarice (Geoff Gibson) and Toni (Paul Schenkman); and three granddaughters Alexandria Dossey, Jennifer (Tom Littlefield), and Kelley (Chris Johnson); and two great-grandsons Lucas and Wynn Littlefield.

A Celebration of Donald Jenkins life will be held on Tuesday, August 21, 2018, at 11 A.M. (EST) at Restlawn Memory Gardens, 2098 Mooty Bridge Road, LaGrange, GA with a graveside service.

In lieu of flowers, Memorial donations in memory of Donald  Jenkins may be made to the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) at www.VFW.org in memory of Sergeant Donald Richard Jenkins.

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