This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: EYE, SMITH, JENKINS, SPARKS Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lNB.2ACI/3964 Message Board Post: Leona Jenkins, formerly of Potosi, MO., passed away April 24, 1980 in the Mountain View Nursing Home, Festus, Mo., at the age of 78 years, 5 months and 24 days. She was born October 31, 1901 in Washington County, a daughter of the late Johnathan and Martha (Eye) Smith. Mrs. Jenkins knew the Lord as her personal Savior and was a member of the First Baptist Church, where she served faithfully as long as her health permitted. She was united in marriage to Edward Jenkins on July 23, 1922 in Potosi and no children were born to this union. Her husband preceded her in death as did a brother, Howard Smith, an infant sister, and her parents. Those who remain to mourn her passing from this life are: one brother, Kelley Smith of Potosi; one sister, Alberta Sparks of Dallas, Texas; nieces, nephews and many other relatives and friends. Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, April 27 at the First Baptist Church, Potosi, with Eld. Allen Brown and Eld. John Gibson officiating. Interment was in Sunset Hills Cemetery, Rt. 1, Potosi, under the direction of the Britton Bros. (Sparks) Funeral Home of Potosi. Independent Journal, Potosi, MO, undated