Howard Franklin Jenkins

Arden, Howard Franklin Jenkins, 94, passed away Thursday at St. Joseph Campus of Mission Hospital. Mr. Jenkins was born in Greensboro, NC to the late Frank Pierce Jenkins and Mamie Cloaninger Jenkins. He was also preceded in death by his first wife, Mildred Daye Jenkins and his second wife, Margaret Doster McColl Jenkins and two brothers. Howard was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and served in WWII. He retired from American Enka Corporation as an engineer. He loved sports and was an avid golfer and was a member of the Hendersonville Country Club for many years and had been a semi-pro baseball player until he was called to serve his country. Mr. Jenkins had been a resident of Arden since 1962. Surviving is his daughter, Gail Tuttle and her husband, Blaine of Calabash, NC; a step-daughter, Pam Caudler of Rockingham, NC and a step-son, Bill McColl and his wife, Georgia of Kingsport, TN; five grandchildren, Dr. Robert Mills, Kelly Kolander, Dana Meadows, Tracy Barnard and Amy Margaret Allen; nine great grandchildren and one great grandchild. A memorial service will be held Saturday, December 1, 2012 at 3:00 pm at Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian on Long Shoals Road. The family will receive friends following the service at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Eliada Home, P.O. Box 16708, Asheville, NC 28816.