Leroy Jenkins

Leroy Sterling Jenkins (b. 28th July 1938 in Saguaro, Dekeiido d. 11th September 2001 in World Trade Center, Decade City, Dekeiido) was a Decadian politician and member of the Decadian House of Representatives from 1978 until 1999. He was one of 9/11 victims.
== Early Life ==
Leroy was born on July 28th, 1938, as the second child of Stephen and Doris Jenkins. His father served as a veteran during World War 2, and after that, he was a leader of the Decadian Republican Party (1945–1966), and finally, he worked at the chocolate factory as a regular worker until his retirement in 1984. At the age of 4, he started to attend the Children's Christian Association of Saguaro from 1942 until 1951. When he was 13, his family moved to Parousia due to his father's job promotion.
== About his siblings ==
Holly Jenkins-Green was his older sister (born 1934). She was a professional sailor who served in Lynoxian Royal Navy from 1958 until 2003 when she had retired from her job.
Winston Jenkins was his older brother (born 1940). He was a professional wrestler, one of the most aggressive in Lanburg during the late 1970s and mid-1980s. In 1985, Winston was succeeded by Dallas Glarson.
== Teen Life ==
During his teen years, he had joined Republican Party Youth (1952-1959) and regularly went to the summer camps every year with the Party. He was attending to Parousian Balticus Secondary School from 1953 until 1957. He had at least two relationships while in secondary school.
== Further Life (1957-1978) ==
After his secondary school graduation, he went to the University of Parousia where he studied political studies along with French language studies. And there he met his wife (and friend at the time), Lisa Jenkins. Five years later, they got married at St. Jackson's Church. After his high school graduation, he worked at the Republican Party headquarters from 1963 until 1978.
== Family Life after 1962 ==
Three years after their marriage, in 1965, their older daughter, Julie Jenkins-Linson was born. Six Years later, Smith Jenkins was born. Their daughter married Roger Linson in 1988, and their oldest son, Eric F. Linson, was born three years later. Meanwhile, Smith was married to Jennifer Jenkins (nee Hanter) back in 2000, and they have two children. However, in 2015, they divorced due to infidelity.
== Political Carreer (1978-1999) ==
On October 18th, 1978, he became a member of the House of Representatives. He used to work for the Republican Party. He was also one of the most active politicians in FRD in the 1980s, which was his greatest success. He was supposed to run for president back in 1992, but it failed due to very low publicity opinions and supoort. He was working on and living a political life until 1999, when he decided to permanently resign by changing his career to that of a writer.
== Later life (1999-2001) ==
Leroy, after his resignation from politics, began to focus on his writing even more than before. He even wrote a couple of books named "My Political Life", which were published in April 2000. He began traveling around the world in August 2001, with his first stop being St. Lynoxburg in Lynoxia, followed by Boston.
== Death ==
On September 11th, 2001, he was booked for the Decadian Airlines Flight 11 from Boston to Santa Rebecca. 15 minutes after take-off, this plane was hijacked by Vidrenist terrorists. 35 Minutes later, the plane crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in Decade City, killing everyone on board. His body was found at September 14th. His funeral was celebrated 3 days later at Parousia St. Lincoln's church, and he was buried in the same cemetery. Decadian Parliament honored him during his funeral, and 500 people participated. There was his family, friends, politicians, and wife.
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