Arthur Hanks

WE REGRET TO ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF MR. ARTHUR LEE HANKS, AGE 87 OF JAKIN, GA WHO PASSED AWAY SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 2009 AT HOME. A MEMOIRAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2009 AT 11:00 AM AT BETHEL CEMETERY IN JAKIN, GA WITH REV. JAMES SCARBOROUGH OFFICIATING. MR. HANKS WAS BORN IN EARLY COUNTY ON OCTOBER 11, 1921 TO THE LATE JOHN AND LULA RHODES HANKS. HE ATTENDED SPRINGFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH AND WORKED AS AN ELECTRICIAN FOR THE STATE HOSPITAL. HE IS SURVIVED BY ONE SON, SCOTTIE LEE HANKS OF JAKIN; ONE GRANDDAUGHTER, NITASHA SINGH AND HER HUSBAND NEEL OF JAKIN, GA AND ONE SISTER, LUCY OLA HANKS FOGG OF VERMONT. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS JOHN AND LULA RHODES HANKS, AND HIS WIFE SHIRLEY HANKS AND A DAUGHTER SHEILA HANKS BUCKHAULTER. EVANS SKIPPER FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS.