Craig Young Jenkins

GLENNVILLE, Ga. -- Craig Young Jenkins, 68, of Pembroke, passed away on November 10, 2025, at Well Star Medical College of Georgia in Augusta after a brief illness. He was born on October 20, 1957, in Savannah before moving to Pembroke 17 years ago.
He was a carpenter by trade and in his spare time, he enjoyed being outside, building things, fixing things and especially loved fishing.
He was of the Baptist faith and is preceded in death by his parents, George Samuel Jenkins Sr. and Maggie Bell Hall Jenkins; son, Michael Helmley; siblings, Johnny Jenkins, Jimmy Jenkins, Randall Jenkins, David Jenkins, Douglas Jenkins and Bobby Jean Eggert; brother-in-law, Carl Hohnerlein; niece, Heather Hohnerlein; and a nephew, Ronnie Lanier.
He is survived by sons, Clay Jenkins and his wife, Maddy, of Clearwater, Florida; Chris Jenkins and his fiancée, Jess, of Thunderbolt, Georgia; siblings, Martha Hohnerlein of South Carolina, Dartha Houston and her husband, Jurgen, of Pembroke, Georgia; George Jenkins and his wife, Nona, of Savannah, Georgia; Jesse May Hammock of Biloxi, Mississippi; sisters-in-law, Shelia Jenkins of Reidsville, Georgia; Patricia Jenkins of Savannah, Georgia; three grandchildren, Malachi, Walker and Presley; and several nieces, nephews and other relatives also survive.
Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Friday, November 14, 2025, at Brannen Family Funeral Services.
The funeral service will be held at noon Friday, November 14, 2025, in the chapel of Brannen Family Funeral Services. Burial will follow in Lower Black Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.
Care and services are entrusted to Brannen Family Funeral Services, Glennville, Georgia.

Bryan County News
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
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