Jim Ervin Jenkins, age 87, of Rocky Mount, passed away on Saturday, December 16, 2017. Born in Nash Count on December 23, 1929, he was the son of the late Charlie C. and Lettie Johnson Jenkins. He was preceded in death by his son, Jim Ervin Jenkins, Jr.; his sister, Joan Baines; his brother, Billy Jenkins.

He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Barbara Hathaway Jenkins of Rocky Mount; his daughter, Brenda Joy Jenkins Goodwin, and her husband Raymond of Rocky Mount; two grandchildren; one great grandchild; his brothers, Bobby Jenkins, and his wife Sylvia, Mervin Jenkins, and his wife Edith and George Jenkins, and his wife Kathy; several nieces and nephews.

Services were held Tuesday, December 19, 2017 in the Chapel of Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services with Rev. Joe Price officiating. Burial followed at Pineview Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Jim's memory to the Alzheimer's Association Eastern NC, 3737 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 100, Raleigh, NC 27612.

Arrangements by Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services.