Bernard Garren Jenkins passed away on Saturday, May 24, at his home in Oak Ridge.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Dolora McCaslin Jenkins, and brother, James Ray Jenkins.

He was born April 27, 1918, in Vonore, Tenn. He graduated from Vonore High School in 1937 and then attended Carson Newman College.

He married Dolora Jenkins on January 6, 1940. He served in the U.S. Army from 1945-1946. They settled in Oak Ridge in 1944, and he worked for Oak Ridge National Laboratory for 42 years. [Read more…]