Velvia Calhoun Jenkins, age 97, of Forest City, died Saturday, November 22, 2014 at the Forest City Health and Rehabilitation Center.
Born August 9, 1917 in Alpharetta, Georgia, she was a daughter to the late Lewis Tillman Calhoun and Elley Mae Shepherd Calhoun. Velvia worked for several years at Stonecutter Mill and Skyland Mill as a press operator, but her primary calling was being a homemaker and taking care of her family. She was a devout student of the Bible and the oldest living female member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. She was an excellent seamstress and enjoyed various kinds of needlework which included quilting. She also found pleasure in cooking and canning. She was truly the epitome of a “Proverbs thirty-one” lady.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Woodrow McDaniel and her second husband, Henry Grady Jenkins; three brothers, Edd Calhoun, Clyde Calhoun and Jessie Calhoun; two sisters, Willie Mills and Edith Stanger and two step-grandchildren, Pam Anton and Graham Jenkins.
Survivors include one son, Tim McDaniel and wife, Patricia of Forest City; two daughters, Sandra Briscoe and husband, Stewart of Rutherfordton and Mary Lou King and husband, James of Forest City; step-daughter, Nellie Gilbert of Archdale, NC; two brothers, John Calhoun of Rutherfordton and Claude Calhoun and wife, Doy of Gastonia; two sisters, Sarah Bell of Kings Mountain and Frances Short of Clio, Michigan. She is also survived by a granddaughter, Kimberly Queen and husband, Charles of Connelly Springs, NC; two step-grandchildren, Vicki Pope and husband, Terry of Archdale and Stephanie Holland and husband, Doug of Forest City and several step-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church with Reverend Bob Philbeck officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to service time at the church.
Memorial donations are suggested to Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, 397 Mt. Pleasant Church Road, Forest City, NC 28043.
