Hanks obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana 

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Hanks, Hilda Yarborough          22 Jan 2009    Jan 2009    Jerry Nelson
Hanks, Lawrence Sitman           28 Sep 2004    Oct 2004    Jerry Nelson 

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge):  1/22/2009

HANKS, HILDA YARBOROUGH
A resident of Greensburg, she died on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009, at St.
Helena Parish Nursing Home in Greensburg. She was 79 and a native of
Liverpool. She was employed at Bank of Greensburg for 42 years, was a
church choir member, and enjoyed her grandchildren. Visitation at
Greensburg United Methodist Church on Thursday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Visitation resumes at the church on Friday from 9 a.m. until religious
services at 11 a.m., conducted by the Rev. LaMarylis Smith Cotten.
Interment in Greensburg Cemetery, Greensburg. Survived by two daughters,
Janet Hanks Sukkar, Baton Rouge, and Sandra Hanks Dykes and her husband,
Scott, Kentwood; seven grandchildren, Colin Salim Sukkar, Cameron Lawrence
Sukkar, Caroline Alexandria Sukkar, Adam Yarborough Sukkar, Christopher
Cody Foster, Rodrick Lawrence Dykes and Scotti Marie Dykes; two sisters,
Doris Venable, Zachary, and Alyne Campbell and her husband, Kirby,
Liverpool; and brother, Elbert Yarborough and his wife, Donald, Summit,
Miss. Preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence Sitman Hanks; mother,
Gussie William Yarborough; and father, Harvey O. Yarborough. Arrangements
by McKneely Funeral Home, Amite. For an online guestbook, visit 
www.mckneelys.com.  

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on:  9/28/2004

HANKS, LAWRENCE SITMAN 
Died at 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 26, 2004, at St. Helena Parish Nursing
Home in Greensburg. He was 80 and a native and resident of Greensburg. He
was a U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II and a member of American
Legion Post 264. He was an independent service station operator in
Greensburg for many years and also enjoyed timber management and cattle and
produce farming. Visitation at First United Methodist Church of Greensburg
from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday and from 8 a.m. until religious service at 
11 a.m. Wednesday, conducted by the Rev. William Sewell. Interment in
Greensburg Cemetery. Survived by his wife, Hilda Y. Hanks, Greensburg; two
daughters and sons-in-law, Janet Hanks Sukkar and Salim Sukkar, M.D.,
Mandeville, and Sandra Hanks Dykes and Scott Dykes, Kentwood; seven grand-
children, Colin Salim Sukkar, Cameron Lawrence Sukkar, Caroline Alexandra
Sukkar, Adam Yarborough Sukkar, Christopher Cody Foster, Rodric Lawrence
Dykes and Scotti Marie Dykes; a sister, Peggy Stewart, Greensburg; three
brothers, Ancil Hanks, Greensburg, and John Hanks and Kenneth "Shot" Hanks,
both of Plaquemine; numerous nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by his
parents, Lawrence and Vera Talbert Hanks; and mother-in-law, Gussie
Yarborough. Pallbearers will be Lawrence "Larry" Hanks, Cody Foster,
Rodrick Lance Dykes, Colin Sukkar, Kent Hanks and Dennis Stewart. Honorary
pallbearer will be Cameron Sukkar. 

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