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.

Wedding Wednesday: Walker / Lewis (1917)

Richmond Times Dispatch
27 February 1917

LEWIS-WALKER

Miss Virginia Valentine Walker, youngest daughter of W. J. Walker, of Manassas, and Francis Montgomery Lewis were quietly married Wednesday at noon at the home of the bride in Manassas, in the presence of a small company of relatives and friends. Rev. J. F. Burks, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, Manassas, performed the ceremony. Miss Bessie Jeffery Walker, sister of the bride, was maid of honor and Dr. J. M. Lewis was best man.

Mr. Lewis is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Lewis, of near Manassas.

Among the out-of-town guests were: Miss Adelaide Elgin, of Aldie; Miss Anna L. Kite, of Liberty Mills, Orange, County; N. Moore, of Rectortown; Mrs. F. L. Shacklett, of Washingotn, and Miss Bessie Jeffery Walker, of the George Washington University Hospital, Washington.

Faces from the Past: Corn Judging Contest

Manassas Journal

03 March 1932

PRINCE WILLIAM STUDENTS WHO HAVE WON HIGH

HONORS IN RECENT CORN JUDGING CONTESTS

Ivan May / John Hively / James Randall / Wilson Kite