Lawrence L. Jenkins Accident Victim
Lawrence L. Jenkins, 31-year-old Negro who died in an automobile accident near Odessa, Texas, Oct. 26, will be buried in Oak Cemetery Monday following funeral services at the St. James Methodist Church conducted by the Rev. A.L. Buchanan. A member of the church, he was a veteran of World War II, and had lived in Dallas, Texas, since the end of the war. He was born and reared here.
Survivors are his wife, Floy Jenkins; a daughter, Lois (spelling?); five brothers, Dave Dart, Rink Jenkins, John Jenkins, Joe L. Jenkins and Bradford Jenkins, all of Fayetteville; three sisters, Lono Jenkins of Fayetteville, Eleanor Britton of Illinois, and Cleo Thompson of Minnesota.
— Northwest Arkansas Times, Oct. 27, 1951, page 7.