The interment will be held at Rest Haven Memorial Park Cemetery. Keith Jenkins was born October 4, 1966, in St Petersburg, Florida to parents, Jeremiah Jenkins and Ida Mae Early. Keith loved attending church, traveling, listening to music, cars, boxing, and football. To know Keith was to love him. He was genuine, sweet, kind-hearted, humble, and full of love. He was beautiful on the inside and out. He was trustworthy and sincere. Keith was gentle but direct, firm but patient, and never had a problem speaking his mind. Keith was sensible, fair, resilient, and loyal. He was amazing to everyone who knew him. Keith was truly one of a kind, irreplaceable, and our angel on earth.

Keith was preceded in death by his parents, Jeremiah Jenkins and Ida Mae Early; brother, Julius Shine, and son, Leonard Johnson. He leaves cherished memories to his wife, Mary Jenkins; children, Keith Jenkins, Jr. (Tonya), Curran Lane, Jr. (Alexis), D'Angelo Jenkins Wayne Shine, Sr., Roland Oliver Jr., Jonathan Oliver, Eugene Welch Sr., Kedracia Jenkins, Nyeisha Sessions , Keyona Monay Jenkins (Justin), and Nicole Goode (Victor, Sr.); grandchildren, Kennedi Malone, Zykhiriyus Sessions, Jaelyn Lee, Alfonso Williams, King James Williams, Alotus Johnson, Elena Lane, Jayde Lane, and a host of others; birth mother, Adlai Jenkins; brothers, Sherman Pryor (Dora), Adrian Shine, Renice Freeman, Michael Shine Sr., Heyward Shine, and Timothy Shine; sisters, Pam Valentine (Victor), and Brenda Harris; aunt, Delores Sweeting (Ellis); uncles, J.W. Clark and, Randall Clark; nieces, Nya Valentine and a host of others; nephews, Victor Valentine, Jr. and Niles Valentine; cousins, Tomickey Jenkins and Bennie Jenkins, Jr. and special friends, Ruben, Gator, Art, and Sly; a special thank you to the 6th-floor ICU nursing staff at Tampa General Hospital.

Visitation
Friday, December 8, 2023
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Aikens Funeral Home
2708 E Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
Tampa, FL 33610

Funeral Service
Saturday, December 9, 2023
11:00 AM
New Friendship Missionary Baptist Church
3201 E. Lake Avenue
Tampa, FL 33610