Cleveland County ArArchives Obituaries.....Hankins, Mary Louisa Dean October 7, 1945
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Pine Bluff Commercial, Pine Bluff AR, 8 Oct 1945
Mary Louisa Hankins, aged 95, widow of the late Henry A. Hankins of Cleveland 
County near Glendale, Arkansas, passed away Sunday morning at the home of her 
daughter, Mrs. L. D. Lindsay.  She was born August 12, 1850 in Tennessee, 
daughter of the late Chris and Betty Dean, coming to Pine Bluff with her 
parents before the Civil War, making their home on or near what is now Highway 
65.  Mrs. Hankins was a charter member of the New Home Baptist Church and was 
very faithful and devoted to her church work as long as her health permitted 
her to attend services. She was married to Henry A. Hankins May 10, 1886 in 
Pine Bluff, Arkansas.  Mrs. Hankins is survived by five daughters, Mrs. M. E. 
Ogletree, Mrs. O. M. Chambers, and Mrs. L. D. Lindsey of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 
Mrs. J. R. Browning of Sherrill, Arkansas, and Mrs. D. M. Lindsay of Star 
City, Arkansas,; seven sons, William H. Hankins, Harvey Hankins, J. H. 
Hankins, L. T. Hankins and V. D. Hankins, all of Pine Bluff, Arkansas; H. F. 
Hankins of Hot Springs, Arkansas, and E. A. Hankins of Lubbock, Texas; fifty-
two grandchildren, fifty great-grandchildren and ten great, great 
grandchildren.  Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. at New Home Baptist 
Church, with the Rev. J. C. Johnson of Fordyce in charge, assisted by the Rev. 
Charles Carter of Warren, Arkansas. Burial was in the family lot in New Home 
Cemetery by the South Funeral Home.  Active pallbearers were grandsons, Bennie 
Hankins, Arthur Browning, Leon Lindsey, Joe Chambers, Harry Hankins, Weldon 
Lindsey, Ivan Hankins and Arlon Lindsey. Honorary pallbearers were, J. T. 
Lindsey, Howard Dean, Tom Jacks, Mathis Hoover, Doy Rodgers, A. O. Branyan, 
Fred Rodgers, Charles Ross, Willie Wilson, Jim Rodgers, Will Austin, R. F. 
Rodgers, Travis Lindsey, Claude Coats, Walter Ross, Dr. W. H. Simmons, C. D. 
Guest, Mathew Clement, Ernest Ross, Alex Gold, J. A. Hankins, and Dr. Charlie 
Glover.


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