Claude Jenkins died peacefully at Canterfield of Oak Ridge on Saturday, August 30, at the age of 93.
He grew up in Polk County and graduated from Polk County High School in 1939. Claude was accepted into the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1940 as a 19-year-old. He was stationed at CCC Company 494/ TVA 45 located in Norris, Tennessee. He is honored with a plaque on the site of the camp in what is now Norris Dam State Park.
Claude enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in July 1942 and served his country as a Marine until January 1946. He was a proud veteran of World War II, where he was stationed in the Pacific.
He married Jacquoleen Gregory in January 1947, and they relocated to Oak Ridge in 1951, where they lived until his death. [Read more…]