Funeral services for Mrs. Albertine Jarrell Jenkins, age 95, were conducted Saturday, December 20, 2014 at Coffee County Funeral Chapel. Interment followed at Shady Grove Cemetery in Coffee County, TN.
She was born September 11, 1919 in Coffee County, TN the daughter of the late Frank and Stella Rogers Jarrell. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by six brothers, Lawson, Winford, Gordon “Red”, Billy, Sanford and John Jarrell; and two sisters, Irene Freeze and Ruth Rainey.
Albertine was the second of eleven children and her job was to watch over her younger siblings. This made her a natural for her career as a dedicated teacher for 34 years. For most of those years she taught second grade in Chesterfield County, Virginia, always referring to her students as “her children”. During her career she served as the president of the Chesterfield Teachers Association and the Virginia Delegate for the National Education Association. After retirement she moved back to Coffee County where she became active in several community organizations including the Soroptimist, Chautauqua, Conservation and garden clubs, bird watchers and women’s auxiliary. She was a proud member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Albertine was a long time member of Skinquarter Baptist Church. She touched the lives of so many and will never be forgotten.
She is survived by two daughters, one son-in-law, five grandsons, six great-grandchildren, two sisters and a host of nieces and nephews, cousins and loving friends.
Obituary: Coffee County Funeral Chapel – Manchester TN
Born: September 11, 1919
Place of Birth: Tennessee
Death: December 13, 2014
Place of Death: Montpelier, Virginia
Occupation: Teacher
Married Herschel Jenkins Aug 01 1941 in Coffee CO TN
She was born September 11, 1919 in Coffee County, TN the daughter of the late Frank and Stella Rogers Jarrell. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by six brothers, Lawson, Winford, Gordon “Red”, Billy, Sanford and John Jarrell; and two sisters, Irene Freeze and Ruth Rainey.
Albertine was the second of eleven children and her job was to watch over her younger siblings. This made her a natural for her career as a dedicated teacher for 34 years. For most of those years she taught second grade in Chesterfield County, Virginia, always referring to her students as “her children”. During her career she served as the president of the Chesterfield Teachers Association and the Virginia Delegate for the National Education Association. After retirement she moved back to Coffee County where she became active in several community organizations including the Soroptimist, Chautauqua, Conservation and garden clubs, bird watchers and women’s auxiliary. She was a proud member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Albertine was a long time member of Skinquarter Baptist Church. She touched the lives of so many and will never be forgotten.
She is survived by two daughters, one son-in-law, five grandsons, six great-grandchildren, two sisters and a host of nieces and nephews, cousins and loving friends.
Obituary: Coffee County Funeral Chapel – Manchester TN
Born: September 11, 1919
Place of Birth: Tennessee
Death: December 13, 2014
Place of Death: Montpelier, Virginia
Occupation: Teacher
Married Herschel Jenkins Aug 01 1941 in Coffee CO TN
Funeral services for Mrs. Albertine Jarrell Jenkins, age 95, were conducted Saturday, December 20, 2014 at Coffee County Funeral Chapel. Interment followed at Shady Grove Cemetery in Coffee County, TN.
She was born September 11, 1919 in Coffee County, TN the daughter of the late Frank and Stella Rogers Jarrell. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by six brothers, Lawson, Winford, Gordon “Red”, Billy, Sanford and John Jarrell; and two sisters, Irene Freeze and Ruth Rainey.
Albertine was the second of eleven children and her job was to watch over her younger siblings. This made her a natural for her career as a dedicated teacher for 34 years. For most of those years she taught second grade in Chesterfield County, Virginia, always referring to her students as “her children”. During her career she served as the president of the Chesterfield Teachers Association and the Virginia Delegate for the National Education Association. After retirement she moved back to Coffee County where she became active in several community organizations including the Soroptimist, Chautauqua, Conservation and garden clubs, bird watchers and women’s auxiliary. She was a proud member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Albertine was a long time member of Skinquarter Baptist Church. She touched the lives of so many and will never be forgotten.
She is survived by two daughters, one son-in-law, five grandsons, six great-grandchildren, two sisters and a host of nieces and nephews, cousins and loving friends.
Obituary: Coffee County Funeral Chapel – Manchester TN
Born: September 11, 1919
Place of Birth: Tennessee
Death: December 13, 2014
Place of Death: Montpelier, Virginia
Occupation: Teacher
Married Herschel Jenkins Aug 01 1941 in Coffee CO TN
She was born September 11, 1919 in Coffee County, TN the daughter of the late Frank and Stella Rogers Jarrell. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by six brothers, Lawson, Winford, Gordon “Red”, Billy, Sanford and John Jarrell; and two sisters, Irene Freeze and Ruth Rainey.
Albertine was the second of eleven children and her job was to watch over her younger siblings. This made her a natural for her career as a dedicated teacher for 34 years. For most of those years she taught second grade in Chesterfield County, Virginia, always referring to her students as “her children”. During her career she served as the president of the Chesterfield Teachers Association and the Virginia Delegate for the National Education Association. After retirement she moved back to Coffee County where she became active in several community organizations including the Soroptimist, Chautauqua, Conservation and garden clubs, bird watchers and women’s auxiliary. She was a proud member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Albertine was a long time member of Skinquarter Baptist Church. She touched the lives of so many and will never be forgotten.
She is survived by two daughters, one son-in-law, five grandsons, six great-grandchildren, two sisters and a host of nieces and nephews, cousins and loving friends.
Obituary: Coffee County Funeral Chapel – Manchester TN
Born: September 11, 1919
Place of Birth: Tennessee
Death: December 13, 2014
Place of Death: Montpelier, Virginia
Occupation: Teacher
Married Herschel Jenkins Aug 01 1941 in Coffee CO TN
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