Siblings: Celia A. Hanks Myers, Maude Hanks Adams Curry, Emma Ellen Hanks Tuttle, Nellie Hanks Barnett, Katie Hanks Haas, Ethel Marie Hanks Douglas, William W. Hanks Sr., Loretta Fern Hanks Thompson, and Paul E. Hanks
Wife: Minnie Mullis (married 1909 Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN)
Children: Maxine F. Hanks Hadley, Lowell Montell Hanks, Imo E. Hanks Greene, Geraldine E. Hanks Ferry, Martha Evelyn Hanks Ratliff, Voyles Lamarr Hanks, Joan Hanks Risem, and Mandle Hanks
Obituary: Unidentified Newspaper August, 1974
Brother of two area women dies
ABERDEEN, Miss. – Silvia Newton Hanks, 90, of Aberdeen, Miss., formerly of Decatur, died at 9 p.m. Friday in Aberdeen. He was the brother of Mrs. Emma Tuttle and Mrs. Ralph (Ethel) Douglas, both of Hindsboro.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Brintlinger's Funeral Home, Decatur, with burial in Graceland Cemetery, Decatur. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today.
Mr. Hanks was born in Nevada, Ind., a son of John and Amanda Cravens Hanks.
He married Minnie Mullis in 1909 in Indianapolis, Ind. She survives.
He is also survived by five daughters, Mrs. James (Imo) Green and Mrs. Joan Risem, both of Decatur, Mrs. Maxine Hadley of Laurel, Miss., Mrs. Martha Brown of Buckeye Lake, Ohio, and Mrs. Joseph (Geraldine) Ferry of Aberdeen, Miss.; two sons, Mandle of Aberdeen, Miss., and Voyles of Mobile, Ala.; four sisters, Mrs. Tuttle and Mrs. Douglas, both of Hinsboro, Mrs. Nellie Barnett of Murdock and Mrs. Kenny (Katie) Haas of Indianapolis, Ind.; two brothers, Paul of Indianapolis, Ind., and William of Urbana; 21 grandchildren, 44 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Mr. Hanks was a retired well driller and formerly employed at Green's Food Market.
Siblings: Celia A. Hanks Myers, Maude Hanks Adams Curry, Emma Ellen Hanks Tuttle, Nellie Hanks Barnett, Katie Hanks Haas, Ethel Marie Hanks Douglas, William W. Hanks Sr., Loretta Fern Hanks Thompson, and Paul E. Hanks
Wife: Minnie Mullis (married 1909 Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN)
Children: Maxine F. Hanks Hadley, Lowell Montell Hanks, Imo E. Hanks Greene, Geraldine E. Hanks Ferry, Martha Evelyn Hanks Ratliff, Voyles Lamarr Hanks, Joan Hanks Risem, and Mandle Hanks
Obituary: Unidentified Newspaper August, 1974
Brother of two area women dies
ABERDEEN, Miss. – Silvia Newton Hanks, 90, of Aberdeen, Miss., formerly of Decatur, died at 9 p.m. Friday in Aberdeen. He was the brother of Mrs. Emma Tuttle and Mrs. Ralph (Ethel) Douglas, both of Hindsboro.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Brintlinger's Funeral Home, Decatur, with burial in Graceland Cemetery, Decatur. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today.
Mr. Hanks was born in Nevada, Ind., a son of John and Amanda Cravens Hanks.
He married Minnie Mullis in 1909 in Indianapolis, Ind. She survives.
He is also survived by five daughters, Mrs. James (Imo) Green and Mrs. Joan Risem, both of Decatur, Mrs. Maxine Hadley of Laurel, Miss., Mrs. Martha Brown of Buckeye Lake, Ohio, and Mrs. Joseph (Geraldine) Ferry of Aberdeen, Miss.; two sons, Mandle of Aberdeen, Miss., and Voyles of Mobile, Ala.; four sisters, Mrs. Tuttle and Mrs. Douglas, both of Hinsboro, Mrs. Nellie Barnett of Murdock and Mrs. Kenny (Katie) Haas of Indianapolis, Ind.; two brothers, Paul of Indianapolis, Ind., and William of Urbana; 21 grandchildren, 44 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Mr. Hanks was a retired well driller and formerly employed at Green's Food Market.
Family Members
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Celia Adeline Hanks Myers
1881–1962
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Maude May Hanks Curry
1882–1968
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Emma Ellen Hanks Tuttle
1886–1978
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Nellie Pearl Hanks Barnett
1888–1985
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Katie Jewel Hanks Haas
1891–1993
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Ethel Hanks Douglas
1897–1978
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William Walter Hanks Sr
1899–1989
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Loretta Fern "Rettie" Hanks Thompson
1902–1920
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Paul Estel Hanks
1906–1979
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