Sunday's Obituary: Asa Hamilton Jenkins

Evening Star (DC)
3 December 1936

ASA HAMILTON JENKINS WILL BE BURIED TODAY

Services for Manassas Business Man to Be Held from Baptist Church

MANASSAS, Va., December 3 -- Funeral services will be held this afternoon at the Manassas Baptist Church for Asa Hamilton Jenkins, prominent Manassas business man, who died suddenly at his home Tuesday afternoon.

Mr. Jenkins was a deacon in the Manassas Baptist Church and was prominent in the business and social life of the town. In partnership with his brother Ruben, he established the firm of Jenkins & Jenkins about 15 years ago. 

He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Jenkins of Madison County, Va., where he was born and reared. Previous to his residence in Manassas, he had been employed in the shoe business in Newport News, Va.

He is survived by his wife, who was formerly Miss Myrtle Lewis; a daughter, Betty Lee, and four brothers, Ruben Jenkins, Manassas; Aubrey Jenkins, Hood, Va.; Trent Jenkins, Wolf Town, Va.; Gaston Jenkins, Graves Mills., Va., and four sisters, Mrs. Phillip Kite, Mrs. Byron Deale, Graves Mills; Mrs. Nettie Graves, Rapidan, Va., and Mrs. Granville Berry, Oak Park, Va.

Friday's Faces From the Past: W. F. Cocke

Richmond Times Dispatch
20 June 1935

LEADERS WOULD BOOM VIRGINIA'S TOURIST TRADE

A fall festival was one of the ideas advanced yesterday at a conference of civic leaders held here yesterday under Virginia State Chamber of Commerce auspices. 

Left to right are:  H. W. Grave of the Luray board of trade; W. F. Cocke of the Manassas Dairy Festival; Alvin Smith, president of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce; Judge F. C. Curry of Monterey, of the Highland County Tourist Association; W. W. Gibbs Jr. of Staunton, representing Shenandoah Valley, Inc., and J. W. Johns, president of the State Chamber of Commerce.