Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....BANKS, LILLIAN COLVIN April 12, 2015
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News Star World - April 14, 2015
LILLIAN COLVIN BANKS

Memorial services for Lillian Colvin "Tootsie" Banks, 83, of Monroe, La, will 
be held at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at Mulhearn Funeral Home, 
Sterlington Road, in Monroe, La with Dr. Lynn Malone officiating. Visitation 
will be from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. preceding the service.

Mom, the seventh child of Howard and Gertrude Colvin's ten children, was born 
on the seventh day of the seventh month, 1931, in Sikes, La. She departed this 
life April 12, 2015. No kinder soul, or more devoted friend, mother, wife, 
grandmother ever walked the earth. She always placed others before herself, 
never complained, and never wanted anything for herself. Her only wants, wishes 
and worries were for those she loved. Her happiness came from those around her. 
She took great pride in her flowers and azaleas. She loved to watch things 
grow, including children and animals. Mom kept a day nursery for years, where 
she and her loyal friend, Bertha, fed, loved and cared for 40 kids a day. 
Later, grandkids became her world.

While we lost the one who made us what we are, heaven gained the best 
buttermilk biscuits on the planet (made even better with her home-made fig 
preserves, not to mention her cornbread dressing, all made from scratch). No 
one ever went hungry around mom, and certainly none of the pets.

Mom was preceded in death by her loving husband, Earl, of 67 years, and all of 
her siblings, save and except the youngest, Jack Colvin, in Amarillo, Texas. 
She is, also, survived by her two children, Sedric and Paula of Monroe; 
grandchildren, Hutton Banks and Harrison Banks and very special loved ones, Ken 
Slomosky, Wanda and Kyle McConkey.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Louisiana Baptist Children's 
Home, or to the Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Well done, thy good and faithful servant! She ran the good race, earned her 
heavenly crown, and will be dearly missed by all who knew her.

Online Registry/Condolences: www.mulhearnfuneralhome.com

Mulhearn Funeral Home

Monroe, LA

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