Ms. Mary Evelyn Jenkins' Obituary
Ms. Mary E. Jenkins
07/27/1932-08/11/2023
Ms. Mary Evelyn Sutton Jenkins, went to be with the Lord, at the age of 91 years, on Friday morning August 11, 2023 at 8:51. Mary Evelyn was born on July 27, 1932 to Carl Haldeen and Zora Mae Griffith Sutton.
She attended Newport Grammar School and graduated Cocke County High School in 1950. She graduated National Business college in Knoxville in 1951 and shortly thereafter, began working for Stokley VanCamp as a typist/clerk. She later took over the bookkeeping position until her retirement after 43 years, in 1994. She was a member of First Baptist Church and also attended Open Door Church for many years. She married Val Jenkins in August 1959. They had one daughter, Mary Teresa Jenkins.
Mary Evelyn lived with her daughter and son-in-law Daniel for seven years. On July 26, the day before her 91st birthday, she suffered a stroke. She spent the next two weeks at UT Medical Center in Knoxville until her death.
She leaves behind a family who loved her dearly. Daughter and son-in-law, Mary Teresa and Daniel M. Ford; grandsons Jonathan Mark and Megan, Greenville, SC; Dr. Stephen Parker and Heather, Georgetown, KY: and David Isaac and Tiffany Blazer, Newport, TN. She has four great grandchildren, Graeson Asher, Colton Blake, Solomon Aaron, and Isaac Walker. Special friends Pat Ford and Sylvia Ford.
The funeral services will be held in the Costner-Maloy & Brown Funeral Home Chapel on Tuesday, August 15th, 2023 with Pastor Vince Keeton officiating. The family will receive friends from 10-11 A.M. with the service to follow. Interment will be at Union Cemetery.
Funeral arrangements entrusted to Costner-Maloy & Brown Funeral Home.
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