YANCEY COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Banks Cemetey
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Location:  From Pensacola Road turn on Bolens Creek road and go to first road 
on the right, follow this road a short distance and bear right thru field to 
cemeteries.	
Condition:  Good

SURNAMES:  ANGLIN, BANKS, BANNER, BIGGS,  BRIGGS, COOPER, COX, DAVIS, ENGLAND, 
GRIFFITH, HALL, HENSLEY, MOODY, PEAKE, RAY, ROBERTS, RUCKMAN,SILVER, STYLES, 
WALLACE, YOUNG.

 1. Benjamin Bradley Griffith, 8-9-1981 - 7-1-2001 "Beloved Son & Brother".
 2. Charles Wesley Banks, 8-1-1911 - 7-15-1998
 3. Vera Lee Banks,  11-6-1922 -                 ,Wife of # 2
 4. Mary Martha Banks Davis, 4-7-1920 - 7-11-1997 "Wife of James B. Davis"
 5. J. Ben Griffith, 7-10-1920 - 10-28-1990 
    Footstone:  J.Ben Griffith  Tech 5 US Army WW II, 7-10-1920 - 10-28-1990
 6. Margaret B. Griffith,  3-1-1924 -         , W/o # 5
 7. Robert J. Hall, 5-10-1914 - 9-21-1952
 8. Samuel Banks Hall, 6-14-1948 - 5-16-1999 "Beloved Son, Brother & Friend"
 9. Helen H. England, 9-6-1913 - 2-20-1974
10. Kenneth J. Hensley, 9-8-1913 - 9-22-1988
11. Nell Banks Hensley, 1-31-1917 -                      , W/o # 10
12. Clara Banks Briggs, 6-8-1905 - 3-26-1949, "Wife of  Dawson Briggs" 
    (D/o P.M. & Mary Young Banks)
13. Plato M. Banks, 6-8-1879 - 9-25-1950(S/o Wesley & Mary Ray Banks)
14. Mary L. Young Banks,  7-18-1885 - 8-11-1934 "Wife of Plato M. Banks"
    (D/o Joshua & Laura Upright Young)
15. John E. Banks, 8-30-1900 - 8-9-1946
16. William D. Peake, 6-11-1929 - 3-31-1995
17. Ruth B. Peake, 3-1-1930 -                    , W/o # 16
18. MFP
19. Erastus B. Silver, 3-20-1893 - 7-29-1940
20. Molly R. Silver, 5-29-1892 - 12-19-1984, W/o # 19
    (D/o Jesse S. & Desdemona Fox Ray)
21. Louise S. Eckstorm Wallace, 4-7-1918 -     Married 8-12-1985, W/o # 22
22. Raymond O."Bud"  Wallace,   8-31-1916 - 12-21-2002, 
    (S/o Walter & Effie Cain Wallace)
23. In Memory of Ray R. Bennett, 8-25-1895 - 5-23-1897, 1 yr. 9 mo. 29 d.
24. Clifton Clyde Ruckman, 11-30-1915 - 5-19-1916  
    "He carries the lambs in his bosom"
25. Zula Moiree , 3-16-1912 - 8-29-1918, "D/o Mr. & Mrs. Charles Young"
26. Charles Young, 1882 - 1934
27. Martha Elizabeth Banks, 1888 - 1972,  W/o # 26  "Mae, Zula, Dora"
28. Wesley B. Hensley, 1-1-1877 - 1-18-1960 
    (S/o Clingman & Sarah Penland Hensley)      
    Footstone: "NC MUS CO. F  6 REGT INFANTRY"
29. Atlas B. Hensley, 1896 - 1970,  W/o # 28, 
    (D/o Wesley B. & Mary Ann Ray Banks)
30. Frank, Son of Mr. & Mrs. J. S. Ray,  11-15-1898 - 3-12-1900
31. Horace, Son of Mr. & Mrs. J. S. Ray, 3-3-1895 - 2-24-1897  
32. Jesse Solomon Ray, 11-9-1858 - 3-31-1949,( S/o Jesse & Minerva Carter Ray)
33. Destamona Fox Ray, 11-11-1861 - 11-24-1929, W/o # 32, 
    (D/o James & Mandy Banks Fox)
34. J. Walter, Son of W. B. & Atlas Hensley, 11-11-1912 - 3-9-1915
35. In Memory of Jegter E. Banks, 1-12-1894 - 8-11-1895, 1 yr. 7 mo. 29 Days
    "Over Jordan we shall meet by and by"
36. Infant Son of Mr. & Mrs. Joe Banner,  2-17-1941 - 2-18-1941
37. Grover C. Anglin, 1-27-1886 - 12-23-1980, 
    (S/o Robert  J. & Katie Lucas Anglin)
38. Mary B. Anglin, 7-31-1899 - 10-11-1980, W/o # 37 
    (D/o Wesley B. & Mary Ellen Young Banks)
39. Infant son of Grover C. & Mary B.Anglin, 4-10-1923
40. Unreadable
41. Johnathan Mc. Banks, 10-6-1878 - 7-5-1879,
42. Unidentified 
43. Mary A. Banks, 4-2-1857 - 7-10-1891
44. Wesley B. Banks, 8-19-1851 - 3-14-1926 (S/o Jonathan & Nancy Riddle Banks)
45. Mary E. Banks,  3-21-1868- 7-18-1917  
46. Infant Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. L. P. Banks, 4-26-1934
47. Launie P. Banks, 3-17-1886 - 4-16-1958 (S/o Wesley & Mary A. Ray Banks)
48. Joanna Y. Banks,  9-10-1891 - 6-11-1977, W/o # 47 
    (D/o Joshua & Laura Byrd Young)
49. W.N. Biggs, 4-15-1864 - 5-28-1927  
    "Earth has no sorry that heaven can't heal"
50. James Cooper, 12-23-1846 - 2-5-1890, age 43 years. "With Christ in Heaven"
51. Adlissia Cooper,  5-11-1845 - 3-24-1931, "Wife of James Cooper"  "She was the sunshine of our home"
52. Ellis Talmadge Moody, 11-14-1906 - 2	-20-1985
53. Mary Lucille Banks Moody, 12-12-1910 - 5-10-2002
54. John W. Styles, 1870 - 1955 
55. Lala C. Styles, 1877 - 19__.

2nd Cemetery just beyond Banks Cem.

 1. W. Wesley Roberts, 1-11-1917 -10-6-1988
 2. Dora Young Roberts, 8-18-1917 - 10-27-1989 , W/o # 1
   "Daughters, Dianne & Cheryl" 
 3. Mildred E. Tipton Banks, 4-14-1903 - 7-9-1973, W/o # 4 
    (D/o Nelson & Harriett Hyatt Tipton) 
 4. Luther James Banks, 8-22-1900 - 10-17-1983 
    (S/o Wesley & Mary Ellen Young Banks)
 5. Roy Wilson Hensley, 12-1-1919 - 7-8-2000
 6. K.L. Banks
 7. S O .??            These are little concrete blocks with letters spelled
 8. KB.                 out with marbles, polished glass and stones.  
 9. A.B.
10. R.B.
11. B B
12. Kenneth L. Banks, 12-3-1923 - 5-7-1982, (S/o Will & Julia Briggs Banks)
    Footmarker:  Kenneth L. Banks, Pvt. US Army, WW II 1923 - 1982
13. Irene O. Banks, 11-10-1925 -             , W/o # 12
14. Lewis K. Cox - 2-17-1925 - 4-18-2003	 "Dept. of Air  the Force"
    (S/o Raymond Earl & Lola B. Cox)
15. Vergil W.Banks  11-9-1919 - 9-20-1981 "Dept. of the Army"    
    Footstone: Vergil William Banks, PFC US Army, WW II, 11-9-1920;9-20-1981"
16. Lola Banks Cox, 5-2-1928 - 
17. William A. Higgins, 10-3-1915 - 9-25-1996
18. Maud H. Higgins, 2-21-1916 -      , W/o # 16
19. Edgar Bascomb Hensley, 6-11-1918 - 1-16-1998
    Footstone:  Edgar B. Hensley , Staff Sgt. 
    US Army WW II, 6-11-1918 - 1-16-1998
20. Wilhelmina Ayers Hensley, 7-3-1927 -               , W/o # 18
21. Brooks C. Hensley, 4-7-1933 - 6-25-2000   "Our Loving Daddy"
    Footstone:  Brooks C. Hensley  PFC US Army - Korea - 1933 - 2000


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