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Darrell Gene Jenkins
April 23, 1947 - October 27, 2026
LINCOLNTON, N.C.—Darrell Gene Jenkins, age 79, of Lincolnton, passed away on Tuesday, October 27, 2026.
His funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, November 2, 2026, in the Warlick Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Michael Cook and Rev. Chris Randall officiating. Burial will follow in the Leonard’s Fork Baptist Church cemetery. The family received friends from 4 p.m.until 6 p.m. on Sunday, November 1, 2026, at Warlick Funeral Home.
Darrell was born April 23, 1947, in Lincoln County, to the late Broadus and Mary Hilderbrand Jenkins. Those preceding him in death were his siblings: Lee Jenkins, Avery Jenkins, Clyde Jenkins, Earl Jenkins, Hazel Canipe, Dolly Kennedy, Billy Jenkins, and Louise Guiton. Darrell retired as a forklift operator for CommScope.
He is survived by his wife, Bertie Neal Jenkins of the home; sons, Chad Jenkins (Amanda) of Lincolnton, and Nicholas Jenkins (Sandy) of Tennessee; sister, Patsy Sehfiet (Joe) of Lincolnton; grandson, Levi Jenkins; two great-grandchildren; and four step-grandchildren, Jessica, Dakota, Easton, and Peyton.
Memorials may be made to Leonard’s Fork Baptist Church, 1462 Leonard’s Fork Church Road, Lincolnton, NC 28092.
Warlick Funeral Home of Lincolnton, N.C. is serving the Jenkins family.
