Born on May 9, 1909 to Almerine Burnett Jenkins and Ida Sophia Parker Jenkins. Robert Landis Jenkins, Sr passed away on Jun 14, 1997, at the age of 88 and was buried in Mount Juliet Memorial Gardens in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, United States. Robert Landis Jenkins, Sr was married to Mary Wright Nollner Jenkins and had 2 children: Dorothy M "dotty" Jenkins, Robert Landis Jenkins, Jr.