This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WILKINSON, JENKINS, BALL, FUNK, WELBORN, MASON Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lNB.2ACI/3962 Message Board Post: Wallace Buford Jenkins Sr., of Sullivan, was born January 4, 1911 at Palmer, Mo., a son of the late William and Clara Wilkinson Jenkins. He passed away September 6, 1977 in Sullivan Community Hospital at the age of 66 years, 8 months and 2 days. He was united in marriage to Catherine Ball in 1945 and one son was born to this union. Mr. Jenkins is survived by one son, Wallace Jenkins, Jr., daughter-in-law, Diane Jenkins; two grandchildren, Kenneth and Michael, all of Sullivan; one sister, Ruth Funk of St. Louis; five brothers: Claude Jenkins of Springfield; Howard Jenkins of Payson, Arizona; Merlina, Russell and Leonard, all of St. Louis, and many other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Ward and Eddie Jenkins and two sisters, Helen Welborn and Pearl Mason. Funeral services were conducted 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 8 at Sparks Chapel, Potosi, with Eld. Don Newsom officiating. Interment was in Sunset Hills Cemetery, Potosi, under the direction of the Britton Bros. (Sparks) Funeral Home of Potosi.