Willis H. Jenkins Sr. Obituary

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Willis H. Jenkins Sr. (Columbia, South Carolina), who passed away on December 3, 2025, at the age of 92, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.

He was predeceased by: his parents, Willis Jenkins and Irma Smith Jenkins. He is survived by: his wife Betty Jane McGuirt Jenkins; his children, Willis H. Jenkins, Jr. (Lynette), Gale Jenkins Reese (Jerry), N. Craig Jenkins (Della) and Pamela Jenkins Bergen; his grandchildren, Amy Reese Perrine (Jon), Willis H. Jenkins III (Mary Anne), Heather Vardell, Wayne E. Brown, Jr. (Monica), Matthew Jenkins (Amanda), David Reese, Kimberly Shealy (Jared), Charles Cole Vardell, Jr., Jared Bergen (Syndee) and Andrew Bergen (Gabriela); his great grandchildren, Chandler Wise, Caitlin Jenkins, Summer Brown, Devin Johnson, Valerie Jenkins, Brayden Hicks, Erica Johnson, Jase Shealy, Leona Perrine, Jonathan W. Perrine, Jr., Jackson Urdahl, Dallas Shealy, Kailey Grace Jenkins, Henry Perrine, Autumn Shealy, Brandon DeVaney (Chelsea), Bradley DeVaney, Alex DeVaney, Pepper Bergen, Sophie Bergen, Quill Bergen and Cooper Bergen; and his siblings, Carl "Pug" Jenkins and Sharon Kaye Scheuermann. He is also survived by many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Visitation was held on Wednesday, December 10th 2025 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel (7600 Trenholm Rd Ext, Columbia, SC 29223). A funeral service was held on Thursday, December 11th 2025 from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM at the same location. The military honors was held on Thursday, December 11th 2025 at 12:00 PM at the Fort Jackson National Cemetery (4170 Percival Rd, Columbia, SC 29229).

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Dentsville Assembly #40, International Order of the Rainbow for Girls.