Harold Samuel Jenkins
July 1945 Light and Liberty reported that Harold Samuel Jenkins, Pfc. of Nethers, Virginia, age 20, was killed in action in Germany on March 22, 1945, having been overseas for two months. He was part of Company G of the 16th Infantry Regiment in the First Infantry Division of the U.S. Army. His serial number was 33857329. He enlisted on July 22, 1944.
He was saved several years before and gave outstanding evidence that Christ was first in his life. Only recently he had written that the Lord had been very so precious to him while in foxholes and places of danger, stating also that for him there was no fear of death, and assuring us that whatever happened to him would be according to Romans 8:28. He also reminded us of the blessed hope we have in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18.
He was survived by his mother, a widow, for whom prayer was requested, four brothers and five sisters, one sister being the widow of the late August Martin Hasse who was well known among the various assemblies.
Raymond was born April 2, 1924 in Rappahannock, Virginia to Henry Pierce Jenkins (1869-1926) and Ada Blanche Coates Jenkins (1879-1970). He was the youngest of several siblings:
- Esther Catherine Jenkins Kuhn (b. 1897) married Henry Goodloe Kuhn (b. 1896) on August 29, 1918, and had at least eight children.
- Walter Pierce Jenkins (1900-1981) married Virder Rider (1898-1985);
- Augusta Frances Jenkins Hasse (b. 1902), or "Gussie", married August Martin Hasse (b. 1902), notable preacher;
- Robert Lyle Jenkins (1906-1988) married Amy Rider (1907-1990);
- Mary Blanche Jenkins (1909-1983) never married;
- Elizabeth Martha Jenkins Lamphier (1912-2002) married James Elmer Lamphier (1912-1978) on Sept. 29, 1933;
- John William Jenkins (1914-1995) married Anna Agnes Jenkins (1915-1992)
- Lucille Mae Jenkins Mack (1917-1997)
- Woodrow Walton Jenkins (1920-2007) married Susan Elizabeth Poore (1922-2001); Woodrow was a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force, served during World War Two, Korea and Vietnam;
