Wiley Jenkins

Mr. Wiley Jenkins, age 73, of 107 Waddell Road, Laurel Bloomery, TN passed away on Saturday, March 17, 2007 at the Johnson County Community Hospital following an extended illness. A native of Johnson County, Wiley was born on July 16, 1933 to the late Maynard Jenkins and Etta Snyder Jenkins. He was a carpenter and a member of the Ackerson Creek Church of Christ. He was also a member of the Carpenter's Union and loved to drive throughout Johnson County. Mr. Jenkins was preceded in death by his wife, Edna Riddle Jenkins; a daughter, Mary Kathern Jenkins; four sisters, Hazel Jenkins, Pearl Shupe, Bessiley Moretz, and Kate Raines; two brothers, Leonard Jenkins and R.C. Jenkins. Surviving Mr. Jenkins are one daughter, Jennifer Mannis and husband Greg of Butler, TN; one son, Leonard "Darryl" Jenkins and wife Marybeth of Mountain City, TN; five grandchildren; sixteen great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services for Mr. Wiley Jenkins will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 from the Charles B. Hux Memorial Chapel of the Hux-Lipford Funeral Home with Rev. Herman Trivette to officiate. Graveside services and interment will follow the funeral service from the Phillippi Cemetery. The family will be receiving friends from 6:00p.m. until 7:30p.m. on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at Hux-Lipford Funeral Home. Active pallbearers will be selected from family and friends. Friends may also call at the home of Darryl Jenkins, 107 Waddell Road, Mountain City, TN 37683. Condolences may be sent to this family through our website at www.hux-lipford.com. Arrangements are in the care of Hux-Lipford Funeral Home of Mountain City, Tennessee.