Arlene Osborne Jenkins

JENKINS, Arlene Osborne, 91, of Richmond, died August 29, 2008. She was the widow of the Reverend Mr. Ray R. Jenkins. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Lucile O. Dodson of Burkeville, Va.; three children, Ann Jenkins Guckert and her husband, Richard, of Marietta, Ga., Ray Redford Jenkins Jr. and his wife, Rebecca, and Richard Henry Jenkins, both of Richmond, Va.; three grandchildren, Sarah Guckert Schrampfer and her husband, Jason, Hunter Everett Guckert, and Rachel Elizabeth Jenkins; and one great-grandchild, Isabella Ann Schrampfer. Mrs. Jenkins was actively involved in Church Women United in which she held local and statewide offices and from which she received a Valiant Woman Award. She also held offices in local church and District United Methodist Women, and was active in the District United Methodist Historical Society, the Virginia United Methodist Conference Historical Society as a Trustee, the Southeastern Jurisdictional Historical Society, and the Old Stone Church Historical Society. She was also a delegate to the Virginia United Methodist Annual Conference for many years. Her remains rest at Bliley's-Chippenham, 6900 Hull Street Rd., where the family will receive friends 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. A funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bon Air United Methodist Church, 1645 Buford Rd., Richmond, Va. Interment at Sunset Hill Cemetery, Burkeville, Va.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.