NAME: ELLA MAE (WALKER) BANKS-WALKER, AGE 73, OF TUSHKA, OK, LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 13, 1922 AT BENTLEY, OK TO HENRY THIRSTEN AND EMMA (STEWART) WALKER. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1996 AT MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT. AGE: 73 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 22 DAYS. EDUCATION: SHE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT EAST ALISON, ATOKA COUNTY. MARRIED: JAMES MONROE BANKS AT ATOKA, OK. ALMON WALKER IN 1972. OCCUPATION: HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: PENTECOSTAL FAITH. SHE LOVED TO FISH, CAMP, AND PLAY CANASTA. SURVIVED BY SONS: EUGENE BANKS OF BENTLEY, OK. ROBERT BANKS AND WIFE LONA OF TUSHKA. SHERMAN BANKS AND WIFE KAY OF ATOKA. SAM BANKS OF TUSHKA. RICKY BANKS AND WIFE RONDA OF TUSHKA. DAUGHTERS: JOANN DANDERSON AND HUSBAND SANDY OF BENTLEY, OK. MAE DEAN TANNEHILL AND HUSBAND RICHARD OF OKLAHOMA CITY. BRENDA ARMSTRONG AND HUSBAND PAUL OF BENTLEY, OK. LENA HUNTER AND HUSBAND LARRY OF LANE, OK. 23 GRANDCHILDREN, 21 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS: GOMER WALKER OF TUSHKA. HENRY WALKER OF DURANT, OK. ODELL RAY OF OKC. SISTERS: ESTELLE PRATER OF DURANT, OK. NAN PRATER OF LEONARD, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: HENRY AND EMMA WALKER. FIRST HUSBAND: JAMES MONROE BANKS IN 1972. SECOND HUSBAND: ALMON WALKER IN 1991 BROTHER: BILL WALKER. SISTERS: CHARLOTTE MORALES AND VIOLA JOHNSTON.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JULY 8, 1996 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS: EUGENE BANKS, SHERMAN BANKS, RICKY BANKS, BRENDA ARMSTRONG, ROBERT BANKS, LENA HUNTER, SAMMY JOE BANKS, JOANN DANDERSON, MAE DEAN TANNEHILL. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DAVID WARD, MIKE HIMES.