She played basketball at Georgia State College for Women. After college, she moved to Savannah and worked at Union Camp where she met her husband, Winfred. She was a homemaker while raising her three sons. When her children were grown, she worked at Belk and in the Birth and Death Records Office for the State of Georgia. In her senior years, she volunteered at Candler Hospital, Smart Seniors and The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension, where she was a member. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ruby and Eben; husband of 64 years, Winfred; sisters, Marjorie B Durrence, Maridean B Brewton and Dealva Banks; and brothers, Revis Banks, Larry Banks, and Ed Banks. Surviving are her sons, Winfred Gails, Jr., Michael (Rose) and Lindsay (Leslie); stepson, Charles Waters (Judy); brother Ned Banks of Glennville; sister, Delores Harlow of Waycross; five grandchildren, Cory Waters, Hayley Weichler, Kevin Waters, Cherese Waters and Courtney Fletcher; and nine great-grandchildren.
She played basketball at Georgia State College for Women. After college, she moved to Savannah and worked at Union Camp where she met her husband, Winfred. She was a homemaker while raising her three sons. When her children were grown, she worked at Belk and in the Birth and Death Records Office for the State of Georgia. In her senior years, she volunteered at Candler Hospital, Smart Seniors and The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension, where she was a member. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ruby and Eben; husband of 64 years, Winfred; sisters, Marjorie B Durrence, Maridean B Brewton and Dealva Banks; and brothers, Revis Banks, Larry Banks, and Ed Banks. Surviving are her sons, Winfred Gails, Jr., Michael (Rose) and Lindsay (Leslie); stepson, Charles Waters (Judy); brother Ned Banks of Glennville; sister, Delores Harlow of Waycross; five grandchildren, Cory Waters, Hayley Weichler, Kevin Waters, Cherese Waters and Courtney Fletcher; and nine great-grandchildren.
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