Robert "Sugar Bear" Jenkins' Obituary
Funeral services for Robert “Sugar” Bear” Jenkins, 44, of Lithonia, GA will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 22, 2014, at the Leesville High School Gymnasium in Leesville with Rev. Willie J. Simmons of Gadsden, AL officiating. Burial will follow in the Garden Of Memories Cemetery, under the direction of Labby Memorial Funeral Home of Leesville.
Visitation will be held Friday, February 21, 2014, from 6 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Labby Memorial Funeral Home.
Robert Lashon Jenkins was born to the late Bobby Gene Jenkins and Shirley Gilbert Spriggs on April 2, 1969 in Gadsden, Alabama. He passed away on Wednesday, February 12, 2014.
He leaves to cherish wife Dionne Jenkins, sons Robert (Sineaktra) Jenkins, Jr., Quantavious Jenkins; brother, Vincent Hall; sister, Natasha Spriggs (Jerome); sister-in-law, Brenda Adams (Hugo), Karen Copeland & Latanya Hunt (Robert); brother-in-law, Tyrone Copeland (Dorothy), William Lockley (Andrea). Grandchildren Elijah Fagans, Zyon Jenkins, Izaiah Jenkins, Zaria Jenkins, godson Dontario Lucas, and special cousin Kenyon Martin . Each of Robert’s Uncles & aunts was near and dear to his heart. They served as parent substitutes throughout his later years. He also cherished relationships with a host of nieces, and nephews, cousins and friends.
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