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Wilmer Vernon Jenkins

Birth	:	21 Sep 1907 China Hill, Richmond County, Virginia, USA
Death	:	21 Jun 1955 Virginia, USA
Burial	:	Hall Graveyard, Riner, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate	:	37.0387100, -80.5445300
Inscription	:	"GOD'S WAY IS BEST."
Description	:	Wilmer Vernon was the second oldest child of nine children of Daniel Conrad Jenkins & Miscal Aura Carter Jenkins. He married Myrtis Ellamae Day on August 16, 1932 in Takoma Park, MD., Montgomery County. Wilmer owned a plumbing & heating business, and he flew a plane for a fish company. He spotted schools of fish for the menhaden fish boats. He loved music, and he would often sing duets or in quartets with other family members. On June 21, 1955, Wilmer was tragically killed while spotting fish when his plane collided with another small plane piloted by a fellow spotter... Read More	Wilmer Vernon was the second oldest child of nine children of Daniel Conrad Jenkins & Miscal Aura Carter Jenkins. He married Myrtis Ellamae Day on August 16, 1932 in Takoma Park, MD., Montgomery County. Wilmer owned a plumbing & heating business, and he flew a plane for a fish company. He spotted schools of fish for the menhaden fish boats. He loved music, and he would often sing duets or in quartets with other family members. On June 21, 1955, Wilmer was tragically killed while spotting fish when his plane collided with another small plane piloted by a fellow spotter pilot and friend Neil Jacobsen. The accident occured over the Chesapeake Bay. Wilmer and Myrtis have two children, Wilmyrna Lou Jenkins Smith and Wayne Vernon Jenkins. Obituary: A short graveside service and committal was conducted Tuesday afternoon by Elder C. L. White at the Seventh-day Adventist Church cemetery for Wilmer Vernon Jenkins, who was killed on June 21 in a collision of two airplanes over the lower Chesapeake Bay. Music was provided by William Bailey. The pallbearers were Rowland Sampson, Marion Pettibone, H. E. Dix, Sr., H. V. Roach, Lester Carney and Howard Sampson. Memorial services for the two airplane pilots, Wilmer V. Jenkins and Neil C. Jacobsen, were held Sunday afternoon at the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Elder C. M. Gruesbeck, pastor of Petersburg Seventh-day Adventist Church and former pastor of the local church, assisted Elder C. L. White in conducting the service. An honorary guard was formed at the church consisting of the men of the church; members of the Kilmarnock Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol; members of the Wing Command of C. A. P., Virginia Wing, headquarters in Richmond; H. R. Humphreys, Jr. and fish captains of boats of Standard Products Company with Joe Gunther, fish spotter; and representatives of businesses in Kilmarnock. The church was decorated with eight beautiful floral pieces arranged with the American flag at the rostrum. Mr. and Mrs. Giles Roberts of Richmond, Mrs. Gruesbeck of Petersburg and William Bailey of Kilmarnock provided the music. An estimated crowd of 600 persons attended the services with police reporting many others driving away for lack of space. Mr. Jenkins, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Jenkins, was born September 21, 1907 at Foneswood. For a number of years he lived in Washington where he married Miss Myrtis Day on August 16, 1932. After 14 years in Washington where he engaged in plumbing and heating work he moved to Kilmarnock in 1942 to make his home and engaged in the plumbing and heating contracting business. He was elder in the Kilmarnock Seventh-day Adventist church and an active worker in all phases of the church work. Interested in flying, he was a charter member of the Kilmarnock Civil Air Patrol Squadron. After receiving his commercial pilots license he became engaged in spotting fish for the menhaden fleet three years ago. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Myrtis Day Jenkins; a daughter, Mrs. Wilmyrna Smith, of Irvington; a son, Wayne; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Jenkins, Sr., of Kilmarnock; a brother, D. C. Jenkins, Jr., of Kilmarnock; and seven sisters, Mrs. James Burns, of Washington; Mrs. Milton Crowther, of Brydton; Mrs Thomas Potter, of Arlington; Mrs. Basil Havelock, of Paris, France; Mrs. Addie Haynie, of Kilmarnock; Mrs. Floyd Hicks, of Fredericksburg, and Mrs Lila Rose, of Foxwells. From the Rappahannock Record, Kilmarnock, VA.

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Wilmer Vernon Jenkins's memorial is located at: Hall Graveyard, Riner, Montgomery County, USA.
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Wilmer Vernon Jenkins death on 21 Jun 1955 in Virginia, USA
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Latitude: 37.0387100
Longitude: -80.5445300

Family Members:

Parent

Daniel Conrad Jenkins

(1886 - 1975)

Miscal Aura Carter Jenkins

(1888 - 1965)

Spouse

Siblings

Dorris Ethlyn Jenkins Burns-Sanford

(1905 - 1980)

Gleniss Aura Jenkins Crowther

(1908 - 2004)

Mavis Theressa Jenkins Haynie

(1917 - 1988)

Daniel Cameron Jenkins

(1918 - 1993)

Children

Wilmyrna Lou Jenkins Smith

(1935 - 2022)

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Coordinate: 37.0387100, -80.5445300

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18. Robinson Family Cemetery 2
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Coordinate: 37.0435100, -80.5020600

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Coordinate: 37.0557500, -80.5044800

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24. Hall Cemetery
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