Pearl Blakeslee Jenkins, 99 of Graceville passed away Friday, September 5, 2008 at her residence following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m., Monday, September 8, 2008 at East Mt. Zion United Methodist Church with Rev. Charlie Newman officiating. Burial will follow in church cemetery with James & Lipford Funeral Home in Graceville directing. Family will receive friends at East Mt. Zion United Methodist Church on Monday 1 p.m. until time of service. Flowers will be accepted or those wishing may make memorials to East Mt. Zion United Methodist Church or Emerald Coast Hospice. Mrs. Jenkins was born on April 5, 1909 in Erie County, Penn. to the late Jesse Charles and Mary Ann Haskins Blakeslee. She was a member of East Mt. Zion United Methodist Church. She is preceded in death by her parents, her beloved husband of 64 years Tolbert Jenkins, son-in-law Wade West, two brothers and four sisters. She is survived by her children Donald Everett Jenkins, Joyce West both of Graceville, brother Donald Blakeslee of New York, sister Mary Osborn of Pennsylvania, two sisters-in-law Mildred Choice Taylor of South Carolina, Bonnie Windham of Georgia, several nieces and nephews.
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