JENKINS Vernis Tolson, widow of Woodrow Jenkins, passed away Feb 22, 2010 at UK Hospital. She was a native of Wolfe Co. and was a wife and homemaker. Survived by five sons, George, Gary and Wayne, Lexington, Ray, Paris, and James, Shelbyville; four daughters, Viola Shanklin, Lexington, Beverly Conkright, Paris, Natasha Jenkins, Corinth, and Donna Conway, Cynthiana; 21 grandchildren; and 29 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Jackie Jenkins, and a daughter, Janice Purcell. Funeral services will be 2pm Thu at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home-Main St. Burial will be in Old Union Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-8pm Wed. Contributions to Shriners Hospital, 1900 Richmond Rd., Lexington, KY 40502.

Published in Lexington Herald-Leader on February 24, 2010