Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Banks, Ernest L., 1947 

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ERNEST LINWOOD BANKS

   Ernest Linwood Banks, age 71 years, well known and prominent resident of 
Winton, N.C., died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Thad Eure of Raleigh, 
N.C., Friday night.

   Mr. Banks was a retired merchant and farmer, a very devout communicant and 
Senior Warden of St. Johns’ Episcopal Church of Winton.  He was the husband of 
the late Emily Lee Banks, who preceded him in death August 10, 1945.

   Surviving Mr. Banks are his mother, Mrs. M.B. Banks, of Suffolk, three 
daughters, Mrs. Thad Eure of Raleigh, Mrs. R.E. Coggsdale of Franklin, Mrs. 
W.P. Johnston of Goldsboro, N.C., one son, Dr. E.L. Banks, Jr., of Atlanta, 
three brothers: W.C. Banks of Washington, Walter Banks of Portsmouth and J.T. 
Banks of Norfolk; two sisters, Mrs. Mollie Hines of Suffolk, and Mrs. Lybrun 
Pruitt of Alexandria; four grandchildren, Misses Beverly and Martha Banks of 
Atlanta, Thad Eure, Jr., and Miss Armecia Eure of Raleigh.

   Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at St. Johns’ 
Episcopal Church, Winton.  Interment in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin.

   Active pallbearers were: T.D. Northcutt, Fred Liverman, Douglas Parker, 
T.M. Coudon, J.C. Eure, James Balentine.


Ernest Linwood BANKS (Sr.), of Winton, NC, retired merchant and farmer, 
d. 24 Jan 1947, at daughter's home, Raleigh, NC, age 71, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 194*), Franklin, 
   26 Jan 1947, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 31, 1947, p. 13 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS}, Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

His wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 17, 1945, p. 1) is posted at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b520e2ob.txt 


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