Hilda Brooks Godfrey Jenkins

Hilda Brooks Godfrey Jenkins, 85, passed away Monday, September 19, 2011, at Aston Park Health Care Center after a long illness. A lifelong resident of Buncombe Co., she was a daughter of the late Lyda and Myrtle Brooks. She was also preceded in death by her first husband Rex H. Godfrey, who died in 1978; brothers Ray Brooks and Ralph Brooks; sister Martha Erleen English; and niece Vickie Brooks. Hilda was a graduate of Emma High School. She was employed by Asheville Hosiery Mill and American Enka and as a Senior companion for Mountain Geri Care. She was a member of Oak Hill United Methodist Church. She is survived by her daughter Marilyn Godfrey Treadway and husband Dennis of Candler; granddaughter Amy Treadway Raymond and husband Langdon of Fletcher; sister Dorthy Land and husband Grady; brother Don Brooks and wife Carolyn; and husband Robert W. Jenkins. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday in the Patton Ave. chapel of Groce Funeral Home, with the Rev. Gerry Smith officiating. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Her family will receive friends from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Flowers are appreciated, or memorials may be made to Aston Park Health Care Center, 380 Brevard Rd., Asheville, NC 28806, or to the Alzheimer's Association, Western Carolina Chapter, 3800 Shamrock Dr., Branscomb #10, Charlotte, NC 28215, or to CarePartners Hospice, PO Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813.