Mrs. Ethel Smith Jenkins, 88, of Clover, SC, passed away Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at the Greens of Gastonia, Gastonia, NC.

Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 12, 2024 at M. L. Ford & Sons Funeral Home, 209 N. Main St., Clover, SC with the Rev. Ted Cole officiating.  The family will receive friends 1 hour before the service.  Interment will be in Lakeview Memory Gardens, York, SC.

Mrs. Jenkins was born May 13, 1936 in Clover, SC to the late Roscoe Smith and Leona Estella Bradley Dulin.  She was the widow of Howard E. Jenkins, Jr. and was retired from Firestone.

She was also preceded in death by her sisters, Collen Gorgoglione and Vergie Polk.

Survivors are her sons Tommy Jenkins (Teresa) and Randy Jenkins (Debbie) both of Clover, SC; sister Mary Hance of Missouri; brother Vernon Johnson of Gastonia, NC; four grandchildren; and five great grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Bethel Free Will Baptist Church, 4511 Grier Street, Gastonia, NC 28054.

M. L. Ford & Sons Funeral Home, Clover, SC is serving the family of Mrs. Jenkins.

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