Joseph "Joey" Warnell Jenkins
Joseph "Joey" Warnell Jenkins
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Joseph "Joey" Jenkins Obituary
COLLINS: Joseph “Joey” Jenkins, 63, passed away September 30, 2025 at Jacksonville Memorial Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida. He was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather and enjoyed spending time at home with his family. He loved the outdoors, hunting and most especially fishing. He had a love for watching old Westerns on the tv. Mostly he had a unique sense of humor and loved to laugh and will be missed by so many.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Warnell and Jacqulyn Jenkins, sister, Clara Nell Sims; brothers, Randy and Karon Jenkins; daughter, Courtney Jenkins, grandsons, Memphis and Riley Allison.
SURVIVORS: wife, Deloris Jenkins of Collins, Ga., daughters, Kasey Jenkins (Lindsay Baker), Tracy (Tommy) Faircloth and Miranda Wynn all of Collins, Ga.; sisters, Sandra Davis of Claxton, Ga. and Faye Yarbrough of Collins, Ga.; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
VISITATION: Friday, October 3, 2025, 10:00 A.M. at Mellie NeSmith Funeral Home.
FUNERAL: Friday, October 3, 2025, 11:00 A.M. at Mellie NeSmith Funeral Home Chapel.
BURIAL: Anderson Church Cemetery.
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