On July 13, 2021, God summoned home his child, Mrs. Norma Yvette Shaw Jenkins. Norma was born on November 6, 1966, to Gloria Shaw (Roger Sr.) and the late George Allen. Norma graduated from Surry County High School in 1985 and attended Virginia State University. At the time of her illness, she was employed by Ace Hardware as a Customer Service Representative. At an early age she joined Union Baptist Church Spring Grove, VA, where she sang in the youth choir and participated in several other ministries in the church.
She is preceded in death by Norman and Josephine Parham, James Woodley, William and Alease Shaw, Martha Allen, John Nick, and Agnes Cunningham.
She leaves to cherish her memories: loving devoted husband, Timothy Jenkins; two daughters, Tyesha Shaw and Tanay Jackson; son, Devin Jenkins; parents, Roger and Gloria Shaw; grandchildren, Britton Johnson, Jr,, Jahnae and Jahniyah Dennis, Kay’lani Jordan; siblings, Roger Shaw, Jr. (Falishe), Japelle Shaw, Sr. (Vicki), Tracey Bolling (David), Eulanda Allen; brother-in-law, Reggie Smith (Kimberly); sisters-in-law, Pamela Mountcastle (Michael) Regina Evans (Ronnie) and Gwendolyn Baskerville; aunts, Alma Ellis, Ruth Randolph, Hazel Hill, Mabel Hill, and Annie Parham; uncles, Thurman Shaw (Ethel), Joseph Woodley (Edith), Piolet Parham (Victoria), Norman Parham and Rev. Jerry Parham; and a host of nieces, nephews, great aunts, and uncles, cousins, other relatives and friends to include: Felisha Claiborne, Feshona Claiborne, Ferrone Claiborne, Marsha Chambliss, Jamila Allen, Tunita Bolling, Maxine Brown, and Monica Gholson.
The family would like to thank Mabel Hill, Katrina Deloach, Jarrod Hill, Capital Caring Health and Virginia Cancer Institute Staff for the excellent care given to our loved one.
Services will be held 1:00 P.M., Tuesday, July 20, 2021 at Union Baptist Church, 5962 Laurel Springs Road, Spring Grove, VA, the Rev. Jerry Parham, eulogist. The interment to follow at Union Baptist Church Cemetery.
Please follow the CDC and State of Virginia guidelines.
J.M. Wilkerson Funeral Establishment, Inc., 102 South Avenue, Petersburg, VA, (804) 732-8911, www.jmwilkersonsince1874.com.
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