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Dale Evans Hanks Sr.

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Dale Evans Hanks Sr. Veteran

Birth
Ruddell Township, Independence County, Arkansas, USA
Death
17 Jun 2021 (aged 92)
Ashland, Hanover County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Mount Olive, Izard County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
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Dale Hanks was born July 18, 1928 in Ruddel Township, Batesville Arkansas and died June 17, 2021 in his home in Ashland Virginia. He is the son of Ray H. Hanks and Roberta Gladys Jeffery.
CAREER: Dale is a former state director of the Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services. He served in Germany as a US Army first lieutenant (troop commander), and later served as a captain in the Arkansas National Guard. He was a teacher, athletics director, and head football coach at Pocahontas and Paragould, Arkansas high schools. He has taught at The University of Virginia Graduate School, Arkansas State University; and Oklahoma State University. He was a Visiting Professor of Public Administration at Virginia Commonwealth University. These University appointments were in psychology and public administration. He has trained hundreds of Richmond area executives from business, industry, and government in workplace protocol and business etiquette. He has conducted numerous seminars and workshops on other topics.
WRITING: Mr. Hanks has been a regular columnist for a daily newspaper and a monthly magazine. He has written, directed, and produced a documentary film. He has authored six books on family history and genealogy; a memoir, two novels; and numerous journal articles on public administration, vocational rehabilitation, local history, and coaching football. He is the 2008 and 2009 winner of the Bobbie Jones McLane Award in family history writing sponsored by the Arkansas Genealogical Society, and the 2010 winner of the Arkansas Historical Association's prestigious award for Best Family History.
EDUCATION: Bachelor of Arts Degee, Lyon College (Arkansas); Masters degree, counseling psychology, New York University-Arkansas State University; Doctoral degree, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (public administration); post-doctoral studies, University of Oklahoma; professional certification, Washington School of Protocol, Washington, D.C.; National Genealogical Society Graduate in American Genealogy, Washington, D.C.
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION: T. Edward Temple Public Affairs Fellow, Commonwealth of Virginia-Virginia Commonwealth University; Mary Switzer Scholar, National Rehabilitation Association, Washington, D.C.; Certificate of Appreciation, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C; Technical Service Award, National Rehabilitation Association, Washington, D.C.
He founded the Jeffery Historical Society in 1970, researching, documenting and sharing family history in his Jeffery Quaterlies and other publications. He is preceded in death by his sister, Merle Hanks King, and his brother Herbert Jeffery Hanks.
He is survived by his son Dale Evans Hanks, Jr., daughter Nancy Hanks, and grandaughters Holly Hanks, Lucy Larkins and Rena Lewis.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
• Healing a Wounded Heart, A Civil War Novel, Morris Publishing Co., Kearney, Nebraska, 2019
• When All Hell Broke Loose. (a novel) Morris Publishing Co., Kearney, Nebraska, 2017.
• All The World's A Stage. (book) Morris publishing Co., Kearney,Nebraska, 2017
• The Jeffery Quarterlies. (book) The Jeffery Historical Society, 428 NW 96th St, Miami, Florida 33150, June 2016.
• The Inspection. Virginia War Memorial Archives, Richmond, Virginia, 2015, pages 26-33.
• Friday Nigh Coaches: Bright Lights, Dark Shadows. (a memoir) Morris Publishing, Kearney, Nebraska, 2015.
• The Best Christmas Ever: Rated PG. (book) Lulu Press, Raliegh, North Carolina, 2013
• The Roe Family: Play Ball!. The Arkansas Family Historian,, PO Box 17653, Little Rock, Ar-kansas 72222, Vol. 47, No. 4, Dec. 2009, pages 229-243. (Selected by the Arkansas Historical Association as the State's best family history, 2009).
• Mount Olive to Montevideo: Politics and Strange Bedfellows. The Arkansas Family Historian, PO Box 17653, Little Rock, Arkansas 72222, Vol. 46, No. 1, March 2008, pages 5-14.
• The Ruddell Family: Stuff That Movies Are Made Of. The Arkansas Family Historian, Little Rock, Arkansas, Vol. 46, No. 4, December 2008, pages 229--35.
• Goodbye Cinderella: An Ozark Mountain Mystery, Baxter County Historical and Genealogical Society, Vol. 32. No. 4, October, November, December 2006.
• In the Eye of the Storm." History Today, History Today Ltd. 20 Old Compton Street, London WID4TW, Volume 57, 9 September 2007, pages 28-29.
• "Turncoats and Traitors," Arkansas Times, Arkansas Times Limited Partnership, 201 East Mark-ham Street, Little Rock, Arkansas. Special Issue: The Little Rock School Crisis and what it Wrought, September 20, 2007, pages 36-39.
• Silent Strangers: West Africans in Izard County. Freedom's Spirit, Baltimore, Maryland, ed. Angela Y. Walton-Raji, Dec. 2002.
• Protocol Matters. Innsbrook Today, Richmond, Virginia. A monthly magazine column.1995-97.
• Teamwork in Rehabilitation: Learning from Sports. The Journal of Rehabilitation, Alexandria, Virginia, Vol. 60, No., Jan/Feb/Mar, 1994, pages 12-16.
• Improving Staff Performance, Journal of Rehabilitation Administration, National Rehabilitation Association, Alexandria, Virginia, 1990. Pages 45-61.
• Enhanced Understanding of the Economics of Disability. Commonwealth of Virginia, Dept. of Rehabilitative Services, Richmond, Virginia, 1988.
• Faded Dream. A play produced by the Izard County Genealogical and Historical Society at an event sanctioned by the State of Arkansas Sequential Celebration, April 1986.
• The Daniel Jeffery House. Izard County Historian, Dolph, Arkansas, Vol. 16, No. 2. April 1985, pages 23-27.
• Peas and Stringbeans. The Bureaucrat: The Journal for Public Managers, Washington, D.C., Summer 1983, Vol. 12, No. 2, pages 33-38.
• Last Summer in Atlanta, The Izard Couty Historian, The Izard County Historian, PO Box 84, Dolph, Arkansas 72528, Special Civil War Edition, Vol. 14, No. 4, October, 1983, pages 2-13.
• The Falling Out, The Izard County Historian, Dolph, Arkansas, ed. Helen Lindley. Vol.13, No. 3. July 1982, pages 16-20.
• The Early Settlement of the Valley of White River. (editor)The Jeffery Historical Society, Rich-mond, Virginia, 1973.
• Mount Olive: It's Rise and Fall. Izard County Historian, Dolph, Arkansas, Vol. 6, No. 2, April 1975.
• Report of Behavioral Disorder Project, Rehabilitation Record, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. (exact date and issue not recalled) 1963.
• Hanks' Dog House. Paragould Daily Press, Paragould, Arkansas. A daily newspaper column. 1960-61.
• Monkey Defense Versus the Single Wing. Athletic Journal, Evanston, Illinois, Vol. XXXIX, No.9, May 1959, pages 12-15.
• Dive Your Wingback. Athletic Journal, Evanston, Illinois. Vol. XI, No.1, September 1959, pag-es 36-38.
• Organization Begins with the Coach. Scholastic Coach, New York, N.Y. Vol. 29, No.2, Octo-ber 1959, pages 66-70.
• Using the Telephone as an Aid to Game Strategy. Athletic Journal, Evanston, Illinois. Vol. XXXVII, No.10, June 1957, pages 24-26.
Dale Hanks was born July 18, 1928 in Ruddel Township, Batesville Arkansas and died June 17, 2021 in his home in Ashland Virginia. He is the son of Ray H. Hanks and Roberta Gladys Jeffery.
CAREER: Dale is a former state director of the Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services. He served in Germany as a US Army first lieutenant (troop commander), and later served as a captain in the Arkansas National Guard. He was a teacher, athletics director, and head football coach at Pocahontas and Paragould, Arkansas high schools. He has taught at The University of Virginia Graduate School, Arkansas State University; and Oklahoma State University. He was a Visiting Professor of Public Administration at Virginia Commonwealth University. These University appointments were in psychology and public administration. He has trained hundreds of Richmond area executives from business, industry, and government in workplace protocol and business etiquette. He has conducted numerous seminars and workshops on other topics.
WRITING: Mr. Hanks has been a regular columnist for a daily newspaper and a monthly magazine. He has written, directed, and produced a documentary film. He has authored six books on family history and genealogy; a memoir, two novels; and numerous journal articles on public administration, vocational rehabilitation, local history, and coaching football. He is the 2008 and 2009 winner of the Bobbie Jones McLane Award in family history writing sponsored by the Arkansas Genealogical Society, and the 2010 winner of the Arkansas Historical Association's prestigious award for Best Family History.
EDUCATION: Bachelor of Arts Degee, Lyon College (Arkansas); Masters degree, counseling psychology, New York University-Arkansas State University; Doctoral degree, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (public administration); post-doctoral studies, University of Oklahoma; professional certification, Washington School of Protocol, Washington, D.C.; National Genealogical Society Graduate in American Genealogy, Washington, D.C.
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION: T. Edward Temple Public Affairs Fellow, Commonwealth of Virginia-Virginia Commonwealth University; Mary Switzer Scholar, National Rehabilitation Association, Washington, D.C.; Certificate of Appreciation, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C; Technical Service Award, National Rehabilitation Association, Washington, D.C.
He founded the Jeffery Historical Society in 1970, researching, documenting and sharing family history in his Jeffery Quaterlies and other publications. He is preceded in death by his sister, Merle Hanks King, and his brother Herbert Jeffery Hanks.
He is survived by his son Dale Evans Hanks, Jr., daughter Nancy Hanks, and grandaughters Holly Hanks, Lucy Larkins and Rena Lewis.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
• Healing a Wounded Heart, A Civil War Novel, Morris Publishing Co., Kearney, Nebraska, 2019
• When All Hell Broke Loose. (a novel) Morris Publishing Co., Kearney, Nebraska, 2017.
• All The World's A Stage. (book) Morris publishing Co., Kearney,Nebraska, 2017
• The Jeffery Quarterlies. (book) The Jeffery Historical Society, 428 NW 96th St, Miami, Florida 33150, June 2016.
• The Inspection. Virginia War Memorial Archives, Richmond, Virginia, 2015, pages 26-33.
• Friday Nigh Coaches: Bright Lights, Dark Shadows. (a memoir) Morris Publishing, Kearney, Nebraska, 2015.
• The Best Christmas Ever: Rated PG. (book) Lulu Press, Raliegh, North Carolina, 2013
• The Roe Family: Play Ball!. The Arkansas Family Historian,, PO Box 17653, Little Rock, Ar-kansas 72222, Vol. 47, No. 4, Dec. 2009, pages 229-243. (Selected by the Arkansas Historical Association as the State's best family history, 2009).
• Mount Olive to Montevideo: Politics and Strange Bedfellows. The Arkansas Family Historian, PO Box 17653, Little Rock, Arkansas 72222, Vol. 46, No. 1, March 2008, pages 5-14.
• The Ruddell Family: Stuff That Movies Are Made Of. The Arkansas Family Historian, Little Rock, Arkansas, Vol. 46, No. 4, December 2008, pages 229--35.
• Goodbye Cinderella: An Ozark Mountain Mystery, Baxter County Historical and Genealogical Society, Vol. 32. No. 4, October, November, December 2006.
• In the Eye of the Storm." History Today, History Today Ltd. 20 Old Compton Street, London WID4TW, Volume 57, 9 September 2007, pages 28-29.
• "Turncoats and Traitors," Arkansas Times, Arkansas Times Limited Partnership, 201 East Mark-ham Street, Little Rock, Arkansas. Special Issue: The Little Rock School Crisis and what it Wrought, September 20, 2007, pages 36-39.
• Silent Strangers: West Africans in Izard County. Freedom's Spirit, Baltimore, Maryland, ed. Angela Y. Walton-Raji, Dec. 2002.
• Protocol Matters. Innsbrook Today, Richmond, Virginia. A monthly magazine column.1995-97.
• Teamwork in Rehabilitation: Learning from Sports. The Journal of Rehabilitation, Alexandria, Virginia, Vol. 60, No., Jan/Feb/Mar, 1994, pages 12-16.
• Improving Staff Performance, Journal of Rehabilitation Administration, National Rehabilitation Association, Alexandria, Virginia, 1990. Pages 45-61.
• Enhanced Understanding of the Economics of Disability. Commonwealth of Virginia, Dept. of Rehabilitative Services, Richmond, Virginia, 1988.
• Faded Dream. A play produced by the Izard County Genealogical and Historical Society at an event sanctioned by the State of Arkansas Sequential Celebration, April 1986.
• The Daniel Jeffery House. Izard County Historian, Dolph, Arkansas, Vol. 16, No. 2. April 1985, pages 23-27.
• Peas and Stringbeans. The Bureaucrat: The Journal for Public Managers, Washington, D.C., Summer 1983, Vol. 12, No. 2, pages 33-38.
• Last Summer in Atlanta, The Izard Couty Historian, The Izard County Historian, PO Box 84, Dolph, Arkansas 72528, Special Civil War Edition, Vol. 14, No. 4, October, 1983, pages 2-13.
• The Falling Out, The Izard County Historian, Dolph, Arkansas, ed. Helen Lindley. Vol.13, No. 3. July 1982, pages 16-20.
• The Early Settlement of the Valley of White River. (editor)The Jeffery Historical Society, Rich-mond, Virginia, 1973.
• Mount Olive: It's Rise and Fall. Izard County Historian, Dolph, Arkansas, Vol. 6, No. 2, April 1975.
• Report of Behavioral Disorder Project, Rehabilitation Record, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. (exact date and issue not recalled) 1963.
• Hanks' Dog House. Paragould Daily Press, Paragould, Arkansas. A daily newspaper column. 1960-61.
• Monkey Defense Versus the Single Wing. Athletic Journal, Evanston, Illinois, Vol. XXXIX, No.9, May 1959, pages 12-15.
• Dive Your Wingback. Athletic Journal, Evanston, Illinois. Vol. XI, No.1, September 1959, pag-es 36-38.
• Organization Begins with the Coach. Scholastic Coach, New York, N.Y. Vol. 29, No.2, Octo-ber 1959, pages 66-70.
• Using the Telephone as an Aid to Game Strategy. Athletic Journal, Evanston, Illinois. Vol. XXXVII, No.10, June 1957, pages 24-26.


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