Mrs. Melrose Altman Banks - SAVANNAH - Mrs. Melrose Altman Banks, 88, passed away Saturday, January 29, 2011 at St. Joseph's Hospital. Mrs. Banks was born in Evans County to the late Claude Leroy and Mary Rebecca Todd Altman. She was employed with the Chatham County School System for 26 years as a bus driver. She was a member of Daniel Baptist Church and the Sarah Seekers Sunday School Class. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Perry Banks. Survivors include her children and spouses, Brenda Banks Kohler and Tom of Ellabell, Perry L. Banks, Sr. and Susan of Savannah and Rev. Alfred Banks and Rita of Richmond Hill; foster child, Sylvia Davis and Toby of Ludowici; sister, Myrtice Ray and Benny of Savannah; ten grandchildren; twenty-three great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandson and several nieces and nephews. Visitation: 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. on Tuesday at the funeral home Funeral: 3 p.m. on Wednesday at Daniel Baptist Church in Richmond Hill with Rev. Alfred Banks and Rev. Steve McCoy officiating. Active pallbearers will be Perry L. Banks, Jr., Alfred Banks, Jr., Ernie Banks, Travis Herndon, Barry Kohler and Ryan McNeill. Burial will follow at Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery on Little Neck Road. Remembrances may be made to the Daniel Baptist Church Building Fund, 580 Daniel Siding Loop Road, Richmond Hill, GA 31324 Friends may sign the online register book at www.stricklandandsonsfuneralhome.com Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Homes West Chatham Chapel 901 W. Hwy 80 Pooler, GA 31322 912-748-2444.


Published in Savannah Morning News onm Monday, January 31, 2011
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Mrs. Melrose Altman Banks - SAVANNAH - Mrs. Melrose Altman Banks passed away Saturday. Visitation: 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. on Tuesday at the funeral home Funeral: 3 p.m. on Wednesday at Daniel Baptist Church with burial to follow at Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery. Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Homes West Chatham Chapel 901 W. Hwy 80 Pooler, GA 31322 912-748-2444.


Published in Savannah Morning News on Tuesday, February 1, 2011