Richard Jenkins, age 73 of Columbia, KY passed away Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at 2:00 AM at the Kindred Hospital in Louisville, KY. He was born July 22, 1944 in Lexington, KY, the son of the late Leonard & Hazel Judd Jenkins.
Mr. Jenkins was retired truck driver receiving a safe driving award for over three million miles. He was a member of the Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Columbia, KY.
He was preceded in death by one son, Bryon Jenkins on July 4, 2016.
SURVIVORS:
Wife: Cheryl Fox Jenkins of Columbia, KY
1 son: Tony Jenkins of Greensburg, KY
1 sister: Phyllis Gail Kellogg of Detroit, MI.
3 Nieces: Denise Carver, Michelle Thompson & Debbie Parradee of Columbia, KY
Several nieces & nephews in Cincinnati, Ohio & one niece in South Carolina
2 Sisters-in–law: Marlene Iames of Columbia, KY; Jane Fox of Cincinnati, Ohio
Brother-in-law & sister-in-law Ronald & Dottie Fox of South Carolina
Mr. Jenkins had chosen cremation
Funeral Mass will be Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at 11:00amCT at the Good Shepherd Catholic Church on Greensburg St. with Father Nick Brown speaking.
Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
