Monroe Jennings Jr., 75, of Plainview, passed from this life on December 24, 2019. Funeral services will be held at First Assembly of God in Plainview on Saturday, January 4, 2020 at 2 pm. Interment will follow at Plainview Cemetery under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. A visitation will be held on Friday, January 3, 2020 from 6-8 p.m. at Bartley Funeral Home.
Monroe was born to Monroe Jennings Sr. and Bernice Willis Jennings on September 1, 1944 in Vernon, Texas. Mr. Monroe was a graduate of Tulia High School and received a degree from the Texas State Technical College.
Anyone who came across Monroe felt like they knew him. He was a friendly man who never met a stranger. Mr. Jennings was constantly helping others in many different ways and he always would lend his ear. He enjoyed fishing, being outdoors, cooking, and barbequing. He will be remembered as a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend.
Those left to cherish his memory are his wife; Shirley Jennings Thompson of Plainview, children; Sonya Jennings of Plainview, Monroe "Skeeter: Jennings III of Grand Prairie, Texas, Marcus Dunn of Plainview, and a stepson; Matthew Thompson of Plainview, sisters; Gloris Jennings of Tulia, Texas, Ethel Whitley and husband, "C", of Midland, Texas, brothers; Ford Jennings and wife, Barbara, of Arizona, Roger Jennings of California, and Floyd Monroe and wife, Pauline, of Dallas, Texas.
Monroe is preceded in death by his parents; Monroe Jennings Sr. and Bernice Willis Jennings and brother; Charles "PeeWee" Jennings.