Peggy Jenkins

Peggy Gauntt Jenkins 83, of Stamford passed away Thursday, September 8, 2022 in Wichita Falls. The family will receive friends on Friday, September 9 from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. in Kinney-Underwood Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held Saturday, September 10 at 10:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Stamford with Rev. Dan Stewart officiating. Burial will follow in the Spring Creek Cemetery in Avoca under the direction of Kinney-Underwood Funeral Home. Peggy was born April 3, 1939 in Haskell, Texas to the late Hugh Gauntt and Mildred (Clark) Gauntt Alverson. She graduated Stamford High School in 1957. She married E. L. Jenkins on June 9, 1957 in Abby, Texas. They were married for 62 years at his passing on September 10, 2019. She was a lifetime resident of Jones County. Peggy was always smiling and had an infectious laugh. You couldn't help but laugh with her. She was very protective of her family and loved taking care of them. She was a very good cook and took pride in sharing her skills with her children and granddaughter. In life she was a very diligent, tough, and hardworking woman. She enjoyed farming beside her husband for over 40 years. Peggy was a member of the First Baptist Church and a past member of the Pierian Club. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; daughter Linda Jenkins Bradley; a brother Walter Gauntt and a niece Cindy Stephens Thomas. Those left to cherish her memory are her son Gary Jenkins and Billy Thompson of Fort Worth; granddaughter Stephanie Bradley Fryer and husband Gates of Hammsville, OK; a brother James Gauntt of Arkansas; nephews Hollis Stephens and wife Susan of Hamlin, and Larry Don Wright of Saginaw, Texas; nieces Tammy Gauntt of Orlando, FL and Sheri Bailey of Leander, TX.; numerous other nieces, nephews and cousins. The family has asked any memorials be made to UT Southwestern Medical Center; c/o Cancer Research; P. O. Box 910888; Dallas, Texas 75391-0888