Following a lengthy illness, Mrs. Emma Tennessee Banks, 88 years and 24 days of age died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Butler, West Monroe, April 28. Funeral services were conducted at the home by the Rev. Posey, and the remains were brought to the Winnfield Cemetery. Burial was under direction of Hixson Brothers.
Mrs. Banks' death was the third in her family during April. Her sister, Mrs. N. C. Greer of Tannehill died April 14, and another sister, Mrs. Georgia Warner Parsons died in Shreveport April 26.
A pioneer resident of Ward 7, Winn Parish, Mrs. Banks was the former Emma Tennessee Warner, and was the widow of the late M. A. Banks. She was a charter member of the First Baptist Church of Winnfield.
Surviving are two sons, Edwin Banks, Colfax; Melton Banks, Winnfield; two daughters, Mrs. George Butler, West Monroe; and Mrs. John Chandler of Haughton, La.; three brothers, John and Jim Warner, Winnfield and Ed Warner, Ferriday, La. She also leaves eight grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise, May 3, 1945
Mrs. Banks' death was the third in her family during April. Her sister, Mrs. N. C. Greer of Tannehill died April 14, and another sister, Mrs. Georgia Warner Parsons died in Shreveport April 26.
A pioneer resident of Ward 7, Winn Parish, Mrs. Banks was the former Emma Tennessee Warner, and was the widow of the late M. A. Banks. She was a charter member of the First Baptist Church of Winnfield.
Surviving are two sons, Edwin Banks, Colfax; Melton Banks, Winnfield; two daughters, Mrs. George Butler, West Monroe; and Mrs. John Chandler of Haughton, La.; three brothers, John and Jim Warner, Winnfield and Ed Warner, Ferriday, La. She also leaves eight grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise, May 3, 1945
Following a lengthy illness, Mrs. Emma Tennessee Banks, 88 years and 24 days of age died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Butler, West Monroe, April 28. Funeral services were conducted at the home by the Rev. Posey, and the remains were brought to the Winnfield Cemetery. Burial was under direction of Hixson Brothers.
Mrs. Banks' death was the third in her family during April. Her sister, Mrs. N. C. Greer of Tannehill died April 14, and another sister, Mrs. Georgia Warner Parsons died in Shreveport April 26.
A pioneer resident of Ward 7, Winn Parish, Mrs. Banks was the former Emma Tennessee Warner, and was the widow of the late M. A. Banks. She was a charter member of the First Baptist Church of Winnfield.
Surviving are two sons, Edwin Banks, Colfax; Melton Banks, Winnfield; two daughters, Mrs. George Butler, West Monroe; and Mrs. John Chandler of Haughton, La.; three brothers, John and Jim Warner, Winnfield and Ed Warner, Ferriday, La. She also leaves eight grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise, May 3, 1945
Mrs. Banks' death was the third in her family during April. Her sister, Mrs. N. C. Greer of Tannehill died April 14, and another sister, Mrs. Georgia Warner Parsons died in Shreveport April 26.
A pioneer resident of Ward 7, Winn Parish, Mrs. Banks was the former Emma Tennessee Warner, and was the widow of the late M. A. Banks. She was a charter member of the First Baptist Church of Winnfield.
Surviving are two sons, Edwin Banks, Colfax; Melton Banks, Winnfield; two daughters, Mrs. George Butler, West Monroe; and Mrs. John Chandler of Haughton, La.; three brothers, John and Jim Warner, Winnfield and Ed Warner, Ferriday, La. She also leaves eight grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise, May 3, 1945
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Mrs. Emma Tennessee Warner Smith married Matthew Alexander Banks on February 23, 1890 in Winn Parish, LA.
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