All Obituaries

During this difficult time in order to provide the standard of safety to our staff and families, Frank R. Bell has decided to offer our families streaming services of their loved one’s service through Zoom. Zoom can be accessed through your computer, tablet or mobile phone.  If Zoom is being accessed through your computer you will only need to click on the link provided below.  If you are using Zoom on your cell phone or tablet it will be necessary to download the Zoom app...

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Inez “Susie” Hibbler was born on Saturday, June 18th, 1949 to (the late) Samuel Hibbler and Inez Bell Hibbler in Orangeburg, South Carolina.  Susie was the third of eight children.  In 1959, her family migrated to Brooklyn, New York which became her permanent residence. Susie was an honor student in the New York City school system.  She majored in Bookkeeping, and obtained her high school diploma from Eli Whitney High School in Brooklyn.  For over thirty...

Calvin A. Bennett, nicknamed E-Man, Mumbles, or most commonly Alexis, was born to Joseph & Pearline Bennett on January 16, 1969, at the now-closed Brooklyn Women’s Hospital at 1395 Eastern Parkway, in Brooklyn, NY. He was now the baby, having two sisters Beverly and Marcia. As a child, Alexis was fun-loving and popular amongst his family and friends. He was in the Boy Scouts for years and played football in High School. He attended school at St. Francis Prep., Pine Forge Academy,...

Mehalia R. Barton was born on September 28, 1934, in the Colon, The Republic of Panama, to the late Rupert and Lucille Miller. Mehalia was later nicknamed “Jeannie” by her family members, who loved and admired her dearly. Mehalia credited her faith, positive attitude, willingness to see the good in others, and sense of humor as the attributes that helped her in the early years and throughout her life.   Mehalia graduated from Ebel Bravo and Costa de Oro schools in...

Doris Jacobs-Ensley THURSDAY MARCH 08, 1934 It was -9.4 F and a wicked snowstorm was taking place. According to legend, based on Elijah Fuller (father) Sophie (mother) went into labor the coldest day of the year. It was so much snow they had to get a firetruck to take Sophie to deliver her second of ten children, and as it turned out her first girl. Doris was born on that cold day at Kings County Hospital. Sophie Hubbard (of Hopewell Virginia) met and married Elijah Fuller (of South...

Henry Lamont Swain, known as “Monty”, was born on August 21,1973 to Jeraldine (“Jeri”) & Leon in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York, but was raised in Brooklyn.  He attended middle school at P.S. 161, and junior high at Jackie Robinson I.S. 320.  He continued his education at Prospect Heights High School where he started a year early with high honors.  After high school, he joined the U.S. Marines specializing in Telecommunications, and earned the...

Bishop Jean Elena Hamilton Small, age 74, went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, February 20, 2021 at New York Community Hospital in Brooklyn, New York. Reverend Jean Small was born in the City of Colon, Republic of Panama, to Mildred Small and Lloyd Hamilton. She attended Guardia Vega for six years, and then went on to Christ Church Academy, graduating as a bilingual secretary.  She then migrated to the United States of America where she continued her studies and worked for many...

Messiline Gamory, also known as “Lynn”, was born to (the late) Alfred and Mariah Wilson, on December 23, 1935 in Union Island, St. Vincent, the last of eleven children.  At the age of eight, Lynn migrated to Upper Laventille, Trinidad to live with her eldest sister, Faith, and her children -- Alfred, known as Farid, Alladin, known as Carl and Eltrice, known Evelyn. In 1970, Lynn married Vernon Gamory.  From their union came David (deceased) and Yvette.  In the...

Ada Mae Farrington Thomas was born on July 28, 1941 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.  She was the eldest child of (the late) Orzie Lee Farrington and Mildred Luella Bailey Farrington.  Ada received her primary education in North Carolina, and graduated from Graham High School in 1960.  She then relocated to Brooklyn, New York where she met, fell in love with and married (the late) Donald Thomas on March 10, 1962.  From their union, two children were born: Stephen and...

Flora Jane Dodson was born on Wednesday, September 13, 1944 in Bennettsville, South Carolina to (the late) Esther Covington and Willoughby Bridges.  Flora was raised in Bennettsville until the 5th grade, and while there, she attended Blenum Public School, and it is also where the family worshipped the Lord at Macedonia Baptist Church.  Flora’s family decided to relocate to Brooklyn, New York, and she completed her educational journey as follows: P.S. 25 (elementary); P.S. 57...

Our mother, Mrs. Wilma Jean Jenkins was born on July 19, 1944 to Bishop William L. Foster and Lorrene Jefferson Foster.  She was of Cherokee-Choctaw descent and grew up in Amherstdale, Logan County, West Virginia in a loving household with her siblings.   Wilma Jean Foster, married our Father, Frank R. Jenkins (who has since deceased) on Sept 5, 1973.  They were happily married for over 39 years and were together over 45 years until our father transitioned to the...

Evangelist Lula Mae Benjamin was born on January 25, 1944 in Savannah, Georgia to the late Solomon Benjamin and Susie Mae Anderson.  Lula Mae was the fifth of eight siblings.  Mildred Benjamin, Penny Benjamin, Charles Anderson, Peggy Scott, Mildred Anderson Harper and Lonnie Mae Kennell, all preceded her in death. While living in Savannah, Georgia, Lula Mae Benjamin met and married John W. Holliday, Jr. in 1961.  To this union were born three children; their firstborn, John W....

Gregory Cyril Van Clarke, Esq., age 73, was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 6, 1947 and died suddenly on February 3, 2021 from a ruptured aorta and collapsed lung during surgery.  He was the only son of Cyril Frederick Clarke and Doris May Pottinger Clarke.  His father, who was raised in Barbados, was a machinist and a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (I.B.E.W) Local 3.  His mother, who emigrated from Jamaica, was a clerk for the City of...