Beckham County, OK - Obits: George Milton Hanks, 1950
21 Feb 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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HANKS, GEORGE MILTON
(14 Dec 1950, Thursday, Sayre Sun, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Nazarene church in
Wheeler, Tex., for George Milton Hanks, pioneer county man who died at 11
a.m., Tuesday at his farm near Wheeler, Texas.  He was born  February 15,
1890, in Springfield, Mo., and was married in 1911 to Mary Alice Reed.  He
is a long time member of the Church of the Nazarene.
They came to Oklahoma in the early days and settled in the Hext community
until about five years ago when they moved to a farm near Wheeler.
Survivors include Mrs. Mary Hanks, Wheeler; two daughters, Mrs. Naomi
Hill, Sayre, Mrs. Evamine Griffin, Pampa; two sons, Willie J. Hanks,
Erick, route 1 and Harvey O. Hanks of Checo (sic), Calif.; one brother,
Roy Hanks of Oakland, Calif.; six sisters, Mrs. Eva Hughes, Los Angeles,
Calif., Mrs. Jewel Tracy, San Francisco, Calif., Mrs. Dora Lane of
Oakland, Calif., Mrs. Blanche Martin of San Francisco, Calif., Mrs. Clara
Nelson of Hollywood, Calif., and Mrs. Maude Watts of California.
Rev. Leo Lawrence, Bethany, and Rev. Robinson will officiated at the
services.
Burial will be in the Buffalo cemetery with the Scroggins Funeral home in
charge of arrangements.

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