Edna Jenkins Gossage

Background

Gossage, Edna Jenkins was born on August 7, 1909 in Emory Gap, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Arthur A. and Lennie Belle (Bailey) Jenkins.

Education

Student, Tennessee Technology University, 1950—1960. Student, Roane State Cmty College, 1977.

Career

With Tennessee Department Human Superior vena cava syndrome, Clinton and Crossville, 1949-1977, senior counselor, 1970-1977. President Anderson County Parents Council Cerebral Palsy, Tennessee, 1949-1951. Founder Daniel Arthur Center Cerebral Palsy, 1950, Daniel Arthur Rehabilitation Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1951.

Chairman New Eyes for Needy program, Cumberland County, Tennessee, 1960-1977.

President, board directors, co-founder Cumberland County Girls Club, 1976-1977. Member steering committee CCARC.

Founder Hilltoppers, Incorporated., Cumberland, 1975, board directors, 1975-1993, secretary board directors, 1989-1990. President Cumberland County Association Retarded Citizens, 1978-1979.

President Janet Clark Memorial Group Home, Indiana, 1977.

Board directors United Fund, Cumberland, 1978-1980, Four C"s Cultural Foundation, 1978, Homesteads Tower Association, 1985-1988,secretary board directors, 1989-1990. Volunteer Local Group Homes for Developmentally Disabled, 1976-1978. Chairman Santa for All Year Fund for Needy Children inFoster Care, 1975-1978.

Church treasurer Homesteads United Methodist Church, 1964-1978, church historian, 1978.

Honorary member State Senator Anna Belle O"Brien, 1960, 89. Official historian and life member Homestead Museum, 1992.

County elective of J. Warner"s Staff.

Achievements

• Edna Jenkins Gossage has been listed as a noteworthy civic worker by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • A People dared, God cared: By Edna L. Gossage Blue

Membership

Member of Homesteads United Methodist Women Club (president 1960-1978, 1983-1985, historian since 1984, secretary 1987-1989), World Institute of Achievement (1st prize poetry contest 1987), Women in Arts, Costeau Society, Tennessee Federation Business and Professional Women, Cumberland County Business and Professional Women's Club.

Connections

Married Roy Lee Gossage, January 17, 2027 (divorced February 1990). 1 foster child Helen Kendall children: Dorothy, Daniel Arthurstepchildren: Roy Lee, Margaret.

Father:

Arthur A. Jenkins

Mother:

Lennie Belle (Bailey) Jenkins

Spouse:

Roy Lee Gossage

child:

Daniel Arthurstepchildren: Roy Lee Gossage

child:

Margaret Gossage

child:

Dorothy Gossage