The News indeed regrets to record the passing Sunday morning of Captain Robert C. Jenkins, for many years a highly esteemed citizen of Goldsboro, where he has for two generations been connected with he Atlantic Coast Line railroad company as an engineer, retiring only a little more than a month ago on a pension earned by his almost half a century of faithful service.
Captain Jenkins’ death, while not unexpected, as his health has been poor for some time, will be sincerely mourned by the hundreds who knew him for what he was–a true Christian gentleman of the highest type—and to his bereaved ones will be extended the heartfelt condolences of the entire citizenry of the city.
Captain Jenkins is survived by his widow, one daughter, Miss Daisy Jenkins of this city, and one son, Mr. Arthur “Jack” Jenkins of Marion, S.C. The remains were carried to Winston-Salem, of which city Captain Jenkins was a native, where funeral services and internment were held yesterday.
From the front page of The Goldsboro News, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 1926
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