LIFETIME BUSINESS BUILDER
AN ICON IN THE COMMUNITY The Brandon Chamber awards Bob Jenkins with the Lifetime Builder of the Year Award posthumously
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Leslie Robert "Bob" Jenkins, who died in December 2020, was awarded with the 2021 Lifetime Business Builder award from the Brandon Chamber of Commerce posthumously.
notable Brandon businessman
dustry. Jenkins would travel to the United
took home the Brandon Cham
States often where he would purchase car
ber’s Lifetime Builder of the Year
pets and then bring them back home since
Award posthumously for 2021.
they were more affordable.
ing the underprivileged. At the time of his
Leslie Robert “Bob” Jenkins was born in
“Bob wasn’t happy with the normal supply
passing, he was working with Samaritan
Winnipeg in 1944. The second oldest of
chain in the carpet industry, so he went di
House Ministries Inc.
five children to Fred and Eleanor Jenkins,
rectly to the carpet mills and improved his
he enlisted in the Navy at the age of 17 and
costs, which was able to pass those savings
Jenkins died on December 24, 2020 in the
shortly after completing his service moved
on to his customers,” said Paul Crane, busi
to Brandon where he met his wife, Beverly,
ness partner and close friend.
whom he married in 1966.
comfort of his home. He is survived by his wife Beverly Jenkins, daughter Tammy and husband David, their children Sarah (Jon),
Jenkins sold his business at a young age
Katie (Devon); son Mark and his wife Bob
After working at various jobs over the
and loved to travel. He had a home in Ari
by-Jo and their children Grace and Mad
years, in 1971 he founded Jenkins Business
zona, where he spent much of his time as
dy. The Brandon Chamber of Commerce
Supply, a company that sold office and
well. He also enjoyed golfing, fishing, trav
awarded Bob Jenkins’ family with his Life
janitorial supplies. Over time, Jenkins saw
eling, volunteering, and spending time at
time Builder of the Year Award for 2021 at
an opportunity in the flooring market and
Clear Lake. Jenkins was a notable figure
this year’s Chamber Business Achievement
shifted the business more towards that in
in the community and was fond of help
Awards. ¢
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