Estella (Jenkins) Frazier was born on August 7, 1937 to Mamie Frazier and Aaron Frazier in the Harlowe community of Craven County, NC. There, she attended Craven Corner Missionary Baptist Church and was baptized. Estella graduated from Queen Street High School in Beaufort, NC. She worked hard in the fields of tobacco, cotton, potatoes, etc. in the days of her youth. She also played semi pro Basketball. At the age of 19, Estella met and married Milton Leroy Jenkins of Fernandina Beach, FL who worked as a cook for Howard Smith Company and she soon worked with him in that capacity in Port Monmouth, NJ. Subsequently, Estella also worked for Bayview Nursing Home and Bell Laboratories.
Estella and Milton were blessed with Thelma Leona, Darlene Carol, Melonese Estella, Barbara Ann, and Mamie Juanita.
Estella joined St. Paul Baptist Church under the ministry of the Rev Dr. Henry P. Davis, Jr. and made the decision to be baptized again. She sang in the Gospel Chorus, Mass Choir, attended Sunday school, bible study, and served as a missionary but no position was she more proud of becoming than a deaconess which she was charged with alongside her husband Milton becoming a deacon at St. Paul. She took up that mantle very seriously, even after she no longer could do it physically!
Estella transitioned to heaven on November 1, 2026. She was predeceased by her Sister Irene Frazier, her mother Mamie Frazier, her father Aaron Frazier, her husband Milton Jenkins, and her daughter Thelma Hurley.
She leaves to mourn her daughters Darlene Jenkins, Melonese Jenkins, Barbara (Gerald) Schenck, Mamie Boglin, her grandsons Milton Anthony (Victoria) Jenkins, David Milton Hurley, Gerald Allen Schenck, III, Phillip Jackson Schenck, son in-law David Hurley, great granddaughters Kendall, Sophia, Juliette, Kaitlyn, and Samantha, nieces, nephews, cousins, St Paul Baptist Church family, and friends near and far!
