Maxine Jenkins

ODESSA, Mo. - Memorial services for Maxine T. Jenkins, 80, formerly of Mount Holly, will be held 2 p.m. Monday, July 11, 2011 at Castanea Presbyterian Church, Stanley.

Visitation will be held one hour prior to services at the church.
Burial will be in Stanley.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Maxine T. Jenkins Art Scholarship Fund in care of Andrew Jenkins, 5201 Texas Prairie Road, Odessa, MO 64072.

Mrs. Jenkins died Friday, April 22, 2011, at Centerpoint Medical Center, Independence.

Maxine Thompson was born Oct. 26, 1930, to Garland E. and Cora A. Shelby Thompson.

Maxine married Cleaugh Amos "Jake" Jenkins Jr. on April 16, 1952, in Mount Holly. She resided in the Mount Holly area and the Oakdale section of Charlotte while working at Delmar Studios in Mathews until 1973 at which time she relocated to Odessa, MO.

Mrs. Jenkins was a current member of the First Baptist Church of Odessa, a member of Kids in Camouflage program at church and a former member of the Castanea Presbyterian Church. She also enjoyed art, painting and was teaching an art class at the Senior Center in Odessa. Mrs. Jenkins had worked as a freelance artist and as a graphic artist for Herf Jones in Shawnee Mission, Kas.

Survivors include her children, Phyllis Martin and husband, Wes, Rock Hill, S.C; Andy Jenkins and wife, Kathy, Odessa. There are six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Jenkins was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a grandchild, Ellie Tomas Drake III; a brother, Edward; and sisters, Thelma Ceri and Mildred Thompson.

Services by Ralph O Jones Funeral Home, Odessa, MO 64076 816-633-5524.