Wilmington, North Carolina
Mar 29, 1935 – Aug 1, 2018 (Age 83)
BOB JENKINS Bobby Stanley Jenkins 83, of Wilmington passed away Wednesday morning August 1, 2018 at the home of his niece Tammy Hostetler in Sneads Ferry, NC. Bob was born in Sneads Ferry on March 29, 1935 the son of the late George Vernon and Ruby Holland Shepard Jenkins. He was also preceded in...
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I just saw WRAL's (Raleigh) re-airing of Scott Mason's Tarheel Traveler segment with Bob which first aired a number of years ago. What an amazing man he must have been to those who knew him! I wish I could go back in time and take one of his walking tours he used to give. He was a local treasure, that came across loud and clear.
God Bless,
Kevin Porter, Raleigh
August 08, 2018
Bob was Downtown Wilmington and never met a stranger. He gave so much to our community and a passion for sharing our fair city's history. I'm almost certain part of his spirit will come back to visit along the riverfront from time to time.
Scott Ingram
August 06, 2018 | Asheville, NC
Bob was a very special part of my life and recovery and he will be truly missed. I hate I was unable to get down to Wilmington today but it was not to be. I have so many fond memories of Bob and I wish I had known he was in Sneads ferry as I went back-and-forth to Wilmington often after we moved here to Jacksonville. When I moved back to Wilmington in the early 1990s is when Bob and I connected. He provided me with so much history of my family that I did not know that I will always be...
Nickie Yow
August 05, 2018 | Jacksonville., NC
Bob Jenkins and Chris Fonvielle in historic downtown Wilmington, 2017
Bob will forever be "Mr. Wilmington," as I called him. Passionate about local history, he helped lead the historic preservation movement in downtown Wilmington. Bob was the perfect mix of encyclopedic knowledge about the history of the Lower Cape Fear, which he loved to share with residents and visitors alike, eccentricity, and flamboyance. He was one of the truly great characters in Wilmington during the past forty years and will be greatly missed, but never forgotten.
Chris Fonvielle
August 05, 2018 | Wilmington, NC
May our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, welcome you Home with loving arms, wipe the furrows of pain from your brow with His nail-scarred hands and grant to you His eternal peace. May all those who loved you find comfort in the knowledge that you are not dead but merely sleeping in the arms of Jesus. And as they walk down that long, dark Road of Grief into the Light may they find the peace that only comes from knowing Him. Rest in peace Bobby and we will see you again after a while.
Jimmy Midgett
August 04, 2018 | Naples, FL
Bob, was and will be remembered as a Wilmington treasure. He was a good man. I met Bob in 1979 when I bought a house in the district. I enjoyed and benefited from his friendship over these many years. He will be missed.
Michael Smith
August 04, 2018 | Wilmington, NC
Bob, I'll never forget the first time I met you. You had come to hear us sing and you sat down at our table. You kept looking at me, shaking your head saying we're from the same pack of dogs. I had no idea what was going on or what you meant. Later on my father and Aunt Elma told me. Little did I realize, we Were litter mates. From then on I was proud to call you cuz
Doragene Gurganus
August 04, 2018 | Wilmington, NC
yale popkin
August 03, 2018 | Wilmington, NC
Picturesque Bob Jenkins filled me in on the unofficial history of Wilmington, some of which I did not publish in my Wilmington A Pictorial History, because only he could tell it.
Anne Russell
August 03, 2018 | Wilmington, NC