Juanita Lucille Neer Jenkins

Juanita Lucille Neer Jenkins was born on February 16, 1920, in Payson, Oklahoma, and departed this life on Monday, December 18, 2006, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the age of 86. Lucille was the tenth of fourteen children born to Herbert and Ella Wilson Neer. She graduated from Chandler High School with the class of 1937, received her Bachelor?s degree in education from the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, and received her Master?s degree from Tulsa University. She married Horton Jenkins on January 23, 1944. Lucille retired from the Tulsa Public School following many years of teaching. She was of the Presbyterian faith and an active member of the Presbyterian Church in Meeker until it closed. She then became a member of the First Christian Church in Meeker, was on the Board of Directors of Friends of the Library, was active in the Senior Citizen?s Center, and was a volunteer for the Historical Society of Lincoln County. Lucille was preceded in death by her parents and thirteen brothers and sisters: Linda Brown, Dewey Neer, Watt Neer, Harold Neer, Bob Neer, Clara Little, Johnson Neer, Ruth Gilliam, Bertie Irwin, Ned Neer, Leo Neer, Walter Neer, and Jean Bryan. Survivors include her husband, Horton Jenkins of Meeker; son and daughter-in-law, John Horton and Linda Jenkins of Houston, TX; daughter and son-in-law, Suzanne and Luther Cowan of Yukon, OK; grandsons, Matthew Horton Jenkins of Houston, TX, John Luther Cowan of Orlando, FL, Thomas Martin Cowan of Cleveland, OH; sisters-in-law,Mildred Neer of Sallisaw, OK, Margaret Neer Key of Chandler, OK, Helen Neer of Kennewick, WA; many nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends. Visitation will be at Parks Brothers Funeral Chapel in Meeker on Wednesday, December 20, 2006, from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM