Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....BANKSTON, MYRTH STRICKLAND March 12, 2014 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gina Brown rootsgirl36@gmail.com March 17, 2014, 2:30 am News Star World - March 14, 2014 MYRTH STRICKLAND BANKSTON Memorial Services for Myrth Strickland Bankston, 93, of West Monroe, LA will be held at Whitehall Cemetery near Leeton, LA at a later date. Myrth was born November 5, 1920 in Mansfield, LA and passed away March 12, 2014 in West Monroe, LA. Her first marriage was to Allen W. Lee of Leeton, LA in 1941 that later passed away in February 1967. In 1980, Mrs. Bankston married Carl Bankston of Franklin, LA and became widowed in January 1988. She was a life-long teacher, retiring from St. Martin Episcopal School in Metairie, LA in 1983. Myrth moved from Metairie, LA to West Monroe, LA in March 2005. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in West Monroe, LA. Preceding her in death were her parents, I.C. and Lois Zeagler Strickland. Survivors include four sons, Robert A. Lee of West Monroe, LA, Richard G. Lee of Sarasota, FL, Roger S. Lee of Sarasota, FL and Charles Edward Lee of St. Louis, MO; eight grandchildren, Carolyn Lee Allen of Paducah, KY, J. Benton Lee of Monroe, LA, Burk Lee of Seattle, WA, Allen Lee of Sarasota, FL, Mrs. Aimee' Lee Molnar of Marion, IN, Brandon Lee of Washington, IL, and Scott and Adelaide Lee of Chicago, IL; and six great grandchildren File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/obits/b/bankston2465nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/lafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb