Tyler Morning Telegraph
Tyler, TX
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Section: B, Page: 5B

Laverne Banks
Jacksonville--- Services for Laverne Banks, 84, Georgetown, formerly of
Jacksonville, are scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Friday at Crestview Baptist
Church, Georgetown, with the Rev. Dan Wooldridge officiating.

Graveside services are scheduled for 4 p.m. at Jacksonville City Cemetery,
Jacksonville, under direction of Autry Funeral Home, Jacksonville.

Mrs. Banks died Sept. 21, 2005

She was born Jan. 13, 2005, in Panola County to the late Malcolm and
Opal Griffith Lake. She graduated form Jacksonville High School and
received her bachelor's and master's degree from Stephen F. Austin State
University. She also did post-graduate work in Arizona State University,
University of Oregon and in the Galapagos Islands.

She was a member of Crestview Baptist Church of Georgetown, where she
worked in the office for more than 10 years, sang in the Senior Adult
Choir, served as a Sunday schoolteacher and as an officer in the local
and national WMUs.  She was preceded in death by her husband of 23 years,
Claude E. Banks on July 31, 1963.

Survivors include sons, Jon Banks, Dallas and Dr. Michael Banks,
Jacksonville; daughter, Nanci Bush, Georgetown; eight grandchildren;
seven great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers are John Banks, Andy Ebert, Joe Graham, John Mezo, Michael
Pond and Derek Woodley.

Family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Thursday at Gabriels Funeral Chapel,
Georgetown.