Jenkins, Jolene “Mama Jo”
Appeared in Salvation in Death (c. May 2060)
Personal Information[]
- Description: Her hair was a mountain of gold, as bright and shining as the trio of necklaces she wore.[1]
- Hair: Gold
- Relationships: Jimmy Jay Jenkins (husband); Josie Jenkins Carter (daughter); Jackie Jenkins Goodwin (daughter); Jaime Jenkins Wright (daughter); Walt Carter (son-in-law); Luke Goodwin (son-in-law); Samuel Wright (son-in-law); Jilly Carter (granddaughter)
- Occupation: Church of Eternal Light
Description[]
- Her hair, a bright, eye-dazzling gold, tumbled in disarray around a face where several pounds of enhancers had melted and washed down in black, red, pink, and blue streaks. The hunks of hair scattered on the floor were extensions and enhancers.[2]
- Jimmy Jay thought her voice was as rich and pure as the forest of gems along that gold [of her necklace].[1]
- She had a Southern accent.[3]
- When Eve Dallas saw her later without the makeup, she thought she looked prettier without the layers of glop; Jolene had long, pink fingernails.[4]
Personality[]
- After her husband was murdered she fainted, wailed, sobbed, shrieked, quaked, hiccupped, quavered, and shuddered.[5]
- She asked Dallas to have pity and said she wanted Dallas to make it not happen.[3]
- Billy Crocker described her as a lady, and a good Christian woman.[6]
- Clyde Attkins described her as a soft-hearted woman who loved Jimmy Jay to distraction – but she had a spine.[7]
- Some of her family called her “Mama Jo.”[4]
Interesting Facts[]
- Her signature solo was “Walking by His Light.”[1]
- After Jimmy Jay collapsed on stage, she fainted across his body.[8]
- Billy Crocker said the relationship between Jimmy Jay and Jolene was devoted, absolutely devoted.[6]
- While they were in New York, they stayed in a town house on Park Avenue.[9]
- The church’s assets and the family’s personal assets, combined, were worth upward of six billion dollars.[7]
- They had multiple homes, luxury vehicles, considerable staff, art, jewelry. They were all—including the minor children—on the church payroll. The church paid very well.[10]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 108
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 117
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 118
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 160
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), pp. 109, 117-119
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 121
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 127
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 109
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 122
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 131