Gloria Maxine Jenkins

GLORIA JENKINS, daughter of the late Fred and Eva Wyche, was born on August 10, 1939 in Gumberry, North Carolina. Gloria was the second of five children and was the last surviving member of her immediate family. She departed this life on February 10, 2023. Gloria’s family moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania when she was still an infant and she lived there until she began traveling with her military husband in 1965. It was in Germany when she first met Jehovah’s Witnesses and learned to love the truths she found in the Bible. She then taught those truths to her children. Gloria dedicated the last couple of years of her life to sharing Bible truths with others on a full-time basis. She loved this work, and it brought her great joy and satisfaction. Gloria devoted many years to her children and family before deciding to focus on her professional goals. Her volunteer time at school led to a career with Baltimore City school system as a parent liaison. During this time, she also began working as a part time leasing agent at Regional Management. Little did Gloria know when she was hired there that she would spend the next 30 years defining and implementing a new avenue of community engagement for the company. Gloria was the quintessential people person and those who knew her felt her love and desire to help them. She was affectionately known as Ms. Gloria, Ma Jenkins, and Ms. Jenkins to students, parents, community leaders, police officers, co-workers, and other admirers. Through her community work she brought together children, parents, area schools, the Frankfort Community Association, the NE Baltimore City Police Department, many businesses, and elected officials. Gloria invited numerous organizations to participate in the Center, such as Soccer Without Borders, The International Rescue Committee, Youth Works, and Towson Nursing. She also developed a Community Garden program that is largely used by the refugee community to produce some of the foods they grew in their home countries. Gloria was blessed with a loving family which includes: her former husband and friend, George Jenkins; children, Roxanne Murphy, George R. Jenkins (Columbus, Ohio), Delores Elias, Shirlene Jenkins (deceased), Catherine Clark(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and Nicole Edge; along with nine grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. Family was very important to Gloria and her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchild have many fond memories of her. Gloria will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her.

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Gloria Maxine Jenkins

August 10, 1939 - February 10, 2023