NELIA S. CHENKOV, AGE 35, WAS BORN ON JULY 7, 1983 IN TUCHIN ROVINSKAYA OBLAST/REGION, UKRAINE. SHE PASSED AWAY SEPTEMBER 19, 2018 IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.

NELIA WAS A VERY CREATIVE, ARTISTIC AND BRIGHT WOMAN. IN HER BUBBLY PERSONALITY, THERE WERE MANY TRAITS THAT ATTRACTED PEOPLE TO HER;  FUNNY, WITTY, LOVING, INTELLECTUAL, GENEROUS, KIND, PASSIONATE, & GIVING. SHE SERVED EVERYONE AROUND HER WHOLE-HEARTEDLY, SHE WAS THE MOST GRATEFUL PERSON YOU WOULD EVER MEET. SHE DEDICATED HER LIFE TO JESUS CHRIST EARLY IN HER TEENAGE YEARS AND SHE WAS MORE IN LOVE WITH JESUS THAN ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD.

AFTER NELIA HAD GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL, SHE ATTENDED THE ATLANTA COLLEGE OF ART, WHERE SHE STUDIED ILLUSTRATION. SHE LATER GOT MARRIED AND MOVED TO JACKSONVILLE, FL. IN JACKSONVILLE, SHE SERVED IN MANY DIFFERENT MINISTRIES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AT LIVING STREAM CHURCH, WHICH WAS HER LOCAL CHURCH FAMILY. SHE ALSO ATTENDED SLAVIC MISSIONARY BIBLE SCHOOL AND GRADUATED IN 2013. SHE DEDICATED THE LAST SIX YEARS OF HER LIFE TO COUNSELING AND MENTORING STUDENTS IN SMBS AND IDT AS A PROFESSIONAL CHRISTIAN COUNSELOR.

SOME OF NELIA'S HOBBIES INCLUDED SPENDING QUALITY TIME WITH HER FAMILY AND CLOSE FRIENDS, LEARNING, DRINKING REALLY GOOD COFFEE, MENTORING AND TEACHING. SHE ABSOLUTELY LOVED SPENDING TIME AT THE BEACH, IN THE FRESH SALTY AIR.

NELIAN COMES FROM A FAMILY OF 6 KIDS, SHE HAD 3 BROTHERS AND 2 SISTERS.

NELIA WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY SLAVIK GULCHUK (BROTHER) AND SERGEY S. CHENKOV (FATHER-IN-LAW).

SHE IS SURVIVED BY:

YEVGENIY S. CHENKOV (HUSBAND)

ABIGAIL DAISY KORQA (DAUGHTER)

JOSEPH YOUGENE CHENKOV (SON)

JACOB YOUGENE CHENKOV (SON)