Lamar-Monroe County GaArchives Obituaries.....Bankston, Wallace W. March 2, 1933
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IN MEMORIAM
Judge Wallace W. Bankston
     Friendship and goodwill of your fellow man is one of the best assets in 
life and I crave it above all things, and I know I had it in the life of Judge 
Wallace W. Bankston.
     Wallace never gave me a dollar in his life, but his counsel and good 
advice has been of unknown value to me and that is the cause of me penning 
these few lines in memory of his beautiful life.  Although he was much older 
than myself, I considered him a chum.  You could confide in him keeping a 
secret, and he was a mummy when it came to circulating gossip and things of 
harmful nature about anyone.
     He had a wonderful brain and intellect (above the average), but he never 
failed to speak of his weakness and shortcomings, rather than boast of his 
greatness.  He was widely known over Georgia, and on account of his 
disabilities of statue, and unusual intellect made him more noticeable.  He 
was deputy clerk to Mr. Cyrus Sharp of Monroe county for several years; was 
doorkeeper in the house of legislature for several terms.
     He held a diploma in penmanship, taught for several years, and wrote the 
diplomas for Bessie Tift, Gordon and numerous otehr colleges over the state 
for years.  He was a good violinist, pianist, and a noted bass singer, and a 
lover of music.  His noted song, "Laughing Coon," would have made him hundreds 
of dollars if he had been disposed to push himself on the public.
     He knew the mute language, and I was present when he performed the 
marriage ceremony of his niece, Miss Valley Brazier to Mr. John Stallings, 
which was very impressive.  He was for several years a member of the Lamar 
county quartet with J. G. and J. W. Bush, and S. B. Lifsey.  A favorite song 
with him, "Redeemed", and one of the last songs he sang in public was sung at 
the courthouse at our monthly singing last Sunday afternoon in his memory.
     He was born to Judge W. H. and Amanda Bush Bankston, September 12, 1869.  
He had one of the largest family connections of any man in Georgia.  He was 
closely connected with the large family of Bush and Owens of Monroe and Lamar 
counties.  He is survived by one whole brother, Mr. H. E. Bankston of Lamar 
county, one half brother, Mr. Jim Brazier of Lumpkin, and one half sister, 
Mrs. McFall, of Texas, and a host of nephews and nieces.  He was a half 
brother to the late Mrs. Sara Jane Bush of the Fredonia community.
     He was notary public ex-officio justice of the peace for Barnesville 
district for several terms and was at the time of his death, and presided with 
the favor and high respect of his many consituents, and the writer considers 
it an honor to succeed such an honorable man and citizen in office.  Wallace 
when in good health was a jovial natured fellow, but he had been in declining 
health for a year or more and suffered more, no doubt, than we thought, but he 
died an easy death and a sudden one.
     He joined Fredonia church when quite young, but later in life joined the 
Barnesville Presbyterian church.  The funeral and burial took place at 
Fredonia, March 3, conducted by Revs. Warner and Stanley, who paid a beautiful 
tribute to his life in the presence of hundreds of true friends, and the 
floral offerings were beautiful and many.  Heaven is Wallace's home, so 
relatives and friends meet him there.
     A Friend, S. E. Sappington.

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