Mr. Robert Grady Jenkins, age 65, of Summerville, GA, died Friday, December 5, 2014, at his residence.
 
Mr. Jenkins was born October 9, 1949, in LaFayette, GA, son of Robert Henry Jenkins and Margaret Inez Millican. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army having served in Vietnam where he received the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Two Overseas Bars, and the Expert Rifleman’s Badge.  Mr. Jenkins was a member of the New Antioch Baptist Church as well as the Western Lodge # 91 F & AM.  Prior to his retirement, he served as the Chief of Security for Mount Vernon Mills.  He was preceded in death by a sister, June Elizabeth Stinnett; maternal grandparents, Charlie and Tinney Henderson Wilson; paternal grandparents, James Ollie and Alice D. Jenkins; and a great-grandson, Bryson Lee Jenkins.
 
Mr. Jenkins is survived by his wife, Brenda Diane Wofford Jenkins; sons, Wiley “Butch” Jenkins, Robert Brian Jenkins; parents, Robert Henry Jenkins and Margaret Inez Millican; brothers, John Henry Jenkins, Charles Jenkins, and David Jenkins; sisters, Margie Jenkins and Stella Jenkins Kilgore; 9 grandchildren; and 6 great-grandchildren.
 
Funeral services for Mr. Jenkins will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, December 7, 2014, from the Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Harold Helton and Lodge Chaplain Chuck Cochran officiating.  Interment will follow in the Greenhills Memory Gardens.  Active pallbearers will be Buddy Gentry, David Edgeman, Butch Jenkins, Brian Jenkins, Tommy Jenkins, and James Davis.  Honorary pallbearers will be the Brothers of Western Lodge # 91 F & AM, the Men’s Sunday School Class of New Antioch Baptist Church, and all Employees of Mount Vernon Mills.
 
Mr. Jenkins will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. Saturday, December 6, 2014.
 
Mason Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for Mr. Robert Grady Jenkins who died on Friday.