Mrs. Gwendolyn Bray

Mrs. Gwendolyn Elise Jenkins Bray, age 61, a resident of Fouke, Arkansas passed from this life on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 in Texarkana, Texas.

She was the second of five children born to Jerry Bilbo and Marian Mildred Smith Jenkins on August 8, 1957 in Indianola, Mississippi. She worked in Food Service for the Fouke School District for 10 years and was a member of the Fouke First Assembly of God. She had been a member of the church for over 33 years and considered herself a founding member. She was involved with anything the church had going and enjoyed reading. Most of all, she cherished the time spent with her children and grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, David Jenkins.

She leaves to cherish her memory, her husband of 18 years, Charles Dillard Bray, III, of Fouke; one daughter, Elisha Yates and husband Joel of Fouke; two sons, Joshua Minchew and husband Pablo of Charleston, South Carolina and Jerry Minchew and wife Krystal of De Queen; step-sons, Charles Stanley Bray and wife Bettina of Nash, Texas and Brandon Lewis Bray and his wife Tina of Hope, Arkansas; 15 grandchildren; her siblings, Rudy Jenkins and wife Paulette of Genoa, Jerrie (Peanut) Brisendine and husband Ronnie of Plaquemine, Louisiana, Susie Donaldson and husband Floyd of Merrero, Louisiana and Deborah Crossland and husband Terry of Fouke; her sister of heart, Karen Chambless-Lynch and husband Jesse of New Boston; one sister-in-law, Margaret Jenkins of Texarkana, Arkansas; as well as, nieces, nephews, other relatives and a host of friends.

Memorial Services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Saturday, March 16, 2019 in the Fouke First Assembly of God with Pastors Jerry Minchew, Keith Barr and Ray Reynolds officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Chandler Funeral Home, De Queen. You may send an online sympathy message at www.chandlerfuneral.com.

In lieu of flowers, the family ask that memorials be made to the De Queen First Assembly of God, P.O. 146, De Queen, Arkansas 71832, for the purchase of Fire Bibles.