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Lee Roy “Doodle” Banta

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Lee Roy “Doodle” Banta

Birth
Henry County, Kentucky, USA
Death
24 Oct 2003 (aged 69)
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Pleasureville, Henry County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Lee Roy "Doodle" Banta, 69, of Pleasureville, died at Jewish Hospital in Shelbyville. He was the son of the late Boyd and Lula Ellen Fink Banta. He was a member of the Pleasureville Baptist Church and taught plumbing at Jefferson State Vocational School. He had served 30 years with the Pleasureville Fire Department where he had served as assistant chief and was a Kentucky Colonel. He was an army veteran.

Survivors include: his wife, Wanda Long Banta, Pleasureville; one daughter, Kim Banta Batts, Pleasureville; two brothers, Marvin Banta, Pleasureville and Lloyd Thomas Banta, Shelbyville; two sisters, Ruth Ellegood and Anna Mary Eldridge, both of Pleasureville. He was preceded in death by two brothers, James Lawrence Banta and Ray Banta, and a son-in-law, Gene Batts.

Funeral services were held at Sholar Funeral Home, Pleasureville, with Rev. Jerry Anderson and Rev. Don Waterfill officiating. Pallbearers were Jerry Beasley, Robert Culton, Darrell McAlister, Allen Thomas Rucker, Paul Sallee Jr. and Rodney Young. Honorary bearers were the Henry County High School football team.

Burial was in the Pleasureville Cemetery.

(Link to parents courtesy of Genealogy Girl)
Lee Roy "Doodle" Banta, 69, of Pleasureville, died at Jewish Hospital in Shelbyville. He was the son of the late Boyd and Lula Ellen Fink Banta. He was a member of the Pleasureville Baptist Church and taught plumbing at Jefferson State Vocational School. He had served 30 years with the Pleasureville Fire Department where he had served as assistant chief and was a Kentucky Colonel. He was an army veteran.

Survivors include: his wife, Wanda Long Banta, Pleasureville; one daughter, Kim Banta Batts, Pleasureville; two brothers, Marvin Banta, Pleasureville and Lloyd Thomas Banta, Shelbyville; two sisters, Ruth Ellegood and Anna Mary Eldridge, both of Pleasureville. He was preceded in death by two brothers, James Lawrence Banta and Ray Banta, and a son-in-law, Gene Batts.

Funeral services were held at Sholar Funeral Home, Pleasureville, with Rev. Jerry Anderson and Rev. Don Waterfill officiating. Pallbearers were Jerry Beasley, Robert Culton, Darrell McAlister, Allen Thomas Rucker, Paul Sallee Jr. and Rodney Young. Honorary bearers were the Henry County High School football team.

Burial was in the Pleasureville Cemetery.

(Link to parents courtesy of Genealogy Girl)


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13660017/lee_roy-banta: accessed ), memorial page for Lee Roy “Doodle” Banta (29 Oct 1933–24 Oct 2003), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13660017, citing Dutch Tract Cemetery, Pleasureville, Henry County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by RowWalker (contributor 46489843).