GLORIA JENKINS

Gloria L. Jenkins, 66, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2000, at her home as the result of a house fire.

She was born July 19, 1933, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Fred and Annie Reynolds Jenkins.

She was a member of St. James A.M.E. Church, where she served as a stewardess and a member of the missionary board. She was a 1953 graduate of John S. Cobb High School and was employed by Southeast Missouri State University and Tastee Donuts for many years.

Survivors include her mother; three daughters, Carol Mays and Patricia Jones, both of Cape Girdeau, and Tina Jenkins of Dallas, Texas; three sons, Tim, David and Gregory Jenkins, all of Cape Girdeau; two sisters, Charlotte Wade and Peggy Primm, both of Cape Girardeau; four brothers, Harold, Robert and Frank Jenkins, all of Cape Girardeau, and Rudolph Jenkins of Cleveland, Ohio; and seven grandchildren.

Friends may call Tuesday from 11 a.m. until the start of the funeral at 1 p.m. at St. James A.M.E. Church. The Rev. David Allen Sr. will officiate. Interment will follow at Fairmount Cemetery at Cape Girardeau.

Sparks Funeral Home of Charles 2000, at her home near Cobden. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Cobden.