Reverend Henrietta Simmons Jenkins Cummings Obituary (1931

Reverend Henrietta Simmons Jenkins Cummings was born March 13, 1931 to the late Mr. and Mrs. Weiters and Hattie Collington Simmons of Mount Pleasant South Carolina. She was the youngest of nine children born in the Simmons household in the Four Mile community. Henrietta attended school in the Charleston County School District. She worked as a housekeeper for several families in the Mount Pleasant area. She was married to the late Abraham Fred Jenkins Sr. on November 11, 1948. To this union 12 children were born and 2 step children whom she cherished and loved as her own. Nine years after the death of Abraham, Henrietta was joined once again in holy matrimony to Leon Cummings Sr. on September 25, 1981. From this union she gained the love and respect of 6 step children. Henrietta dedicated her life to the Lord at an early age and was a member of Greater Olive Branch A.M.E. Church, where she attended until she was physically unable. She was a very enthusiastic convert and never lost her zeal for Christ. Reverend Cummings was a faithful and devoted member of the Ministerial Staff, the Senior Steward Board, Stewardess Board #3 and the Wilson-Green Missionary Society. She was the Leader of Class #7, the Leader of the Prayer Meeting, she served as a Sunday School teacher and was a member of the Chapel Gospel Singers for many years. Reverend Cummings was the first female ordained a Local Elder for Olive Branch A.M.E. Church. The prayer meeting group was also named in her honor The Reverend Henrietta J. Cummings Prayer Band. Reverend Cummings would partner with her sisters in Christ on missions to win souls for the kingdom. She was never at a lost for words when it came to talking about Jesus. Reverend Cummings will surely be missed here on earth but she has indeed left her mark in time, for her legacy lives on. Reverend Cummings was preceeded in death by her parents, her husband of 24 years Abraham, and Leon her husband of 13 years. Her siblings: Henry, Robbie, Lillian, Sopharena, Helen, Annabelle, Virginia and Edna. Her children: Elijah, Henrietta Althea, Judy, Willie and Earl (Billy). Grandchildren: Pharaoh, Wendell, Joyce, Lamar, PG and Frashon Great Grand: Carma Jean. Reverend Cummings is survived by: Alma Brown, Sarah McPherson (Herman), Barbara Ann Rainey, Linda Oree (Joseph), Abraham Jenkins Jr. (Diane), Frank Jenkins, Alice Jenkins Horlback, Charles Jenkins and Maureen Turner (Leon). Six step children: Leon Cummings Jr. (Louise) Julius Cummings (Dorthy), Nathaniel Cummings, Ronald Cummings (Judy), Vernon Cummings (Deborah), Leola Mitchell (Emory), 62 Grandchildren, 106 Great Grandchildren, 32 Great Great Grandchildren and a host of nieces nephews and extended family and friends.