From the Jackson Progress-Argus, May 2, 1940
Mrs. J. M. Bankston Claimed by Death

The death of Mrs. J . M. Bankston, 72, of Jenkinsburg, early Sunday afternoon came as a shock to her family and friends. Although Mrs. Bankston had not been in good health for the past three months she was able to visit friends in Monticello and Jackson Saturday afternoon, and ate a hearty meal Sunday at noon. Her death came suddenly at two o'clock as she was talking with members of her family and several neighbors.

Mrs. Bankston, who was one of the county's most widely known and beloved citizens, was Miss Margaret Glass, eldest child of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Edward Glass, of Henry county. She was the widow of the late Mr. J. M. Bankston of Jenkinsburg, who died in August, 1926. She was the mother of eleven children, two of whom preceded her in death. They were a daughter, Mrs. Lola Bankston Moore of Atlanta, and a son, Dodson Bankston, or Jenkinsburg,

Funeral services were held Mon day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Methodist church at Jenkinsburg with Rev. E, C. Wilson, former pastor but now of Hapeville, and Rev. C. B. McKenzie, pastor, having charge of the services. Beautiful flowers were sent by friends and relatives, showing the high es teem in which Mrs. Bankston was held. Burial was in the family lot in the Jenkinsburg cemetery.

Surviving Mrs. Bankston are seven sons, J . E., Macon, L. C, Dublin, T. A., Washington, D. C , S. P., O . M., F. T., and R. S. Bankston, all of Atlanta; two daughters, Mrs. E. R. Merritt and Mrs. Parker Brown, both of Atlanta; 22 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. W. J. Bankston, Jenkinsburg, Mrs. W. D. Jolly, Gadsden,Ala., Mrs. W. T. Thurston, Jenkinsburg, Mrs. Frank Sowell, Mc Donough, Mrs. W. T. Crumbley, Barnesville; three brothers, B. T. Glass, Locust Grove, W. M. Glass, Jackson, S. C. Glass, Atlanta.