Rosetta Poteat Jenkins

KANNAPOLIS -- The funeral will be Friday for Rosetta Poteat Jenkins, 74, 2955 Camp Julia Road, died Tuesday (April 15, 2003) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord, after several years of declining health.

Born April 28, 1928, in Cabarrus County, Mrs. Jenkins was a daughter of the late William Ellis and Maude E. Stoker Poteat. She was formerly employed at China Grove Cotton Mills.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, Dorothy Hastings, and a great-granddaughter.

Survivors include her husband of 34 years Broadus L. Jenkins; daughters Jo Ann Hastings and Sharon Hastings, both of Kannapolis, and LaDonna Hastings, Iron Station; sons Robert Hastings, Mooresville, and Alan Hastings, Kannapolis; stepdaughter Frances Stevens, Lancaster, S.C.; stepsons Ray Jenkins, Lancaster, S.C., Bruce Jenkins, Kannapolis, and Wayne Jenkins, Huntingburg, Ind.; 26 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Friday, Whitley's Funeral Home chapel, conducted by the Rev. Jon Jones. Burial, West Lawn Memorial Park, China Grove.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home on Camp Julia Road.

Published April 17, 2003 in the Salisbury (NC) Post.