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On October 8, 1927 at 4 P.M. Mrs. Adah Lousie Killion Jenkins, music critic for the Baltimore Afro-American became the bride of James Logan Jenkins Jr., a part time caterer and Social Security employee. The ceremony was performed by Bishop John Hurst, Rev. C. H. Stepteau, and Rev. J. A. Briscoe at Bethel A. M. E. Church. Adah Jenkins lived at the Jewish Convalescent & Nursing Home until she died at the age of 72 on May 8, 1973. Mrs. Jenkins died due to a long-term illness she struggled with. Her funeral was held at Payne Memorial A.M.E Church, at Madison avenue and Laurens street on Saturday May 12, 1973.