Coleman Lee Jenkel

Coleman Lee Jenkel of Cleveland, Texas, passed away on Nov. 14, 2025. He was born in Humble, Texas, to his parents, Wayne Jenkel and Kelly Dodd Jenkel Axton. He was a 2015 graduate of Cleveland ISD. Coleman was a natural athlete, and he enjoyed writing and creating music. He loved being a dad and spending time with his children. 

Coleman is preceded in death by his grandparents, Alton David Alford and Mary Frances Anglin Alford, John Jenkel and Lois Moses, and his uncle, Clinton “Rocky” Dodd.

He is survived by his parents, Wayne Jenkel, Kelly Jenkel Axton, and Ricky Axton; his children, Kynleigh, Coleman, Jr., Cannon, John, and their mother, Sarah Bohannon; sisters, Hannah Jenkel Sanchez and her husband, Tony, Rachel Holstein and her husband, Cody; brothers, Justin Dillard, and his wife, Kristi, Randy Axton and his wife, Sarah; nieces and nephews, Ally, Karson, Ashton, Ariel, Austen, Bradey, Hopper, Toni, Eli, Carson, Riley, Randi Jo, and Tabor; cousin and his best friend, Garret Dodd, numerous other cousins, relatives, and friends.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, at Pace Stancil Funeral Home, 303 E. Crockett Street, Cleveland, Texas 77327, where a chapel service will be held at 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, with Reverend Carl Williamson is officiating.

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Before creating Bluebonnet News in 2018, Vanesa Brashier was a community editor for the Houston Chronicle/Houston Community Newspapers. During part of her 12 years at the newspapers, she was assigned as the digital editor and managing editor for the Humble Observer, Kingwood Observer, East Montgomery County Observer and the Lake Houston Observer, and the editor of the Dayton News, Cleveland Advocate and Eastex Advocate. Over the years, she has earned more than two dozen writing awards, including Journalist of the Year.

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