OBITUARY: Robert Holly Jenkins November 4, 1931 – August 3, 2018. Robert Holly Jenkins, a Korean War Veteran born in Philadelphia, MS died at the VA Medical Center Jackson, MS on August 3, 2018. Visitation will be 5-8pm Monday, August 6, 2018, at Baldwin Lee Funeral Home, Pearl, MS. Funeral services will be 2pm Tuesday, August 7, 2018 in the chapel of the funeral home. Burial will follow with A Military Graveside Services in Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Pearl, MS. He was a veteran of the United States Army serving combat missions in the Korean War as a Platoon Sergeant specializing in Mortars. His unit was the 25th division of the 27th regiment of the Wolfhound Pack. After the Korean War He worked at Vickers, Jackson, MS for 12 years and then 22 years at Siemens Allis where he retired as a Senior Machinist in 1996. He was a baseball coach for the Pearl, Mississippi Youth Association for several years, and the last year of coaching he served as its President. He gained special recognition county wide in Rankin County for recommending the naming of the Allen Guyton Baseball field. He especially loved working with the youth of Rankin County. He and his wife Zola have been longtime members of Cross Roads Baptist Church of Pelahatchie, MS. He was preceded in death by his parents Vesta Eakes Jenkins and Robert Benjamin Jenkins, brothers Herman Benjamin Jenkins and Willie Charles Jenkins; sisters Helen Frances Jenkins Burkes (John) and Judy Janette Jenkins Pullin (David Boyd); grandson Joshua Rouse. He is survived by his loving wife of 64 years Zola Owen Jenkins from Tallulah, LA; daughter Cathy Jenkins Rouse Campbell from Pearl, MS, a son Robert (Robby) Herman Jenkins from Pearl, MS; granddaughter Shion (Matthew) Jones from Pearl, MS, a great grandson, Joshua "JJ" Rouse; a brother Milton LeRoy Jenkins (Sandra) Ocean Springs, MS and a sister Mildred Jenkins Kirkland from Philadelphia, MS and several nieces and nephews. The family would like to give a special thanks to the MS State Veterans Home in Jackson fort the superior care provided to him.
OBITUARY: Robert Holly Jenkins November 4, 1931 – August 3, 2018. Robert Holly Jenkins, a Korean War Veteran born in Philadelphia, MS died at the VA Medical Center Jackson, MS on August 3, 2018. Visitation will be 5-8pm Monday, August 6, 2018, at Baldwin Lee Funeral Home, Pearl, MS. Funeral services will be 2pm Tuesday, August 7, 2018 in the chapel of the funeral home. Burial will follow with A Military Graveside Services in Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Pearl, MS. He was a veteran of the United States Army serving combat missions in the Korean War as a Platoon Sergeant specializing in Mortars. His unit was the 25th division of the 27th regiment of the Wolfhound Pack. After the Korean War He worked at Vickers, Jackson, MS for 12 years and then 22 years at Siemens Allis where he retired as a Senior Machinist in 1996. He was a baseball coach for the Pearl, Mississippi Youth Association for several years, and the last year of coaching he served as its President. He gained special recognition county wide in Rankin County for recommending the naming of the Allen Guyton Baseball field. He especially loved working with the youth of Rankin County. He and his wife Zola have been longtime members of Cross Roads Baptist Church of Pelahatchie, MS. He was preceded in death by his parents Vesta Eakes Jenkins and Robert Benjamin Jenkins, brothers Herman Benjamin Jenkins and Willie Charles Jenkins; sisters Helen Frances Jenkins Burkes (John) and Judy Janette Jenkins Pullin (David Boyd); grandson Joshua Rouse. He is survived by his loving wife of 64 years Zola Owen Jenkins from Tallulah, LA; daughter Cathy Jenkins Rouse Campbell from Pearl, MS, a son Robert (Robby) Herman Jenkins from Pearl, MS; granddaughter Shion (Matthew) Jones from Pearl, MS, a great grandson, Joshua "JJ" Rouse; a brother Milton LeRoy Jenkins (Sandra) Ocean Springs, MS and a sister Mildred Jenkins Kirkland from Philadelphia, MS and several nieces and nephews. The family would like to give a special thanks to the MS State Veterans Home in Jackson fort the superior care provided to him.
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