We did a feature on this blog about the "other" Levi Jenkins , perhaps you may be interesting in the Levi Jenkins that I know. I never had the chance to meet Levi Jenkins Sr. - my grandfather - who made his transition before the time of my birth. I spent my childhood and my teen years with my father Levi Jenkins Jr. My Levi Jenkins (1948 - 1997) Levi Jenkins Jr. grew up near Mound Bayou, Mississippi on his grandfather Tom Jenkins' land with his brothers and sisters in addition to his paternal grandmother the former Georgia Johnson . His mother was the former Evelyn Liggins  - a detail that became important later, as I’ve shared with family members: Dad’s passing at a young age involved both his own personal demons and the hypertension that ran in his mother’s family. My uncle spoke of my dad in recent years and noted that he never cared much for farm work. Ultimately when he came of age he followed his older brother & sisters to Chicago. For most of his twenties he ...