Fay Dean Jenkins

Service Details

Homegoing Service for Fay will be held at New Brighter Day Baptist Church, 1225 25^th Avenue in Kenosha, on Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 11:00AM. Visitation will be in the church on Tuesday from 10:00AM until the time of service. Interment for Fay will be at Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 21731 Spring Street, Union Grove, on Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 11:00AM. Family and friends will meet in the parking lot adjacent to the cemetery office by 10:30AM

Our Beloved Fay Wright Jenkins, age 63, passed away peacefully with her family and friends by her side on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, after a courageous battle with a long-term illness. Fay was born in Shelby, Mississippi on October 13, 1959, to Willie and LeeDale Wright. Fay was baptized at an early age at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Kenosha, WI. She attended schools in Kenosha, graduating from Tremper High School in 1978. She later graduated from Gateway Technical College with an associate degree.

Fay served her country as a soldier in the United States Army. After her service in the Army, she went on to retire from Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin Inc. as a Process Review Manager. Her previous employers included Regal China and St. Catherine’s Hospital. Fay was hard-working and successful at everything she focused her mind on. She was a dedicated mother to her only son, Freddie, and was a great friend to everyone she met. Fay also had a special love for her animals, having dogs and cats as pets at the same time. She enjoyed lobster and steak, with plenty of butter, when she dined at Hell’s Kitchen in Las Vegas. Fay always encouraged her nieces and nephews to do their best, and she was willing to help them at any time.

She will be tremendously missed by her son, Fredrick Troy Jenkins, Jr.; her parents, Willie and LeeDale Wright; her three brothers, LeeDale Wright, Jr. (Anna Ross), Anthony Wright, both of Kenosah, and Obie Wright (Comonique) of Paducah, KY; her godsons, Arthur West of Kenosha and Ca’San Kross of Sparta, WI; her aunts and uncles, Betty Joe McKethan, Senora Hill, Calvin and Ethel Kentcy; her great aunt Evelyn Brantley Jordan; cousins, Kelvin (Glory) Kentcy of Chattanooga, TN and Demere Kentcy of Kenosha. Fay was preceded in death by her brother, Christopher E. Wright; her grandparents, Leola Johnson, and Margie and Clarence Steel. Because of the life Fay lived, she leaves to cherish her memory to a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Homegoing Service for Fay will be held at New Brighter Day Baptist Church, 1225 25^th Avenue in Kenosha, on Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 11:00AM. Visitation will be in the church on Tuesday from 10:00AM until the time of service. Interment for Fay will be at Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 21731 Spring Street, Union Grove, on Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 11:00AM. Family and friends will meet in the parking lot adjacent to the cemetery office by 10:30AM