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Brenda Banks

Mrs. Brenda Lee Carlton Banks, 63, of Hope, died Tuesday, October 21, 2003, in Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana.

She was born October 9, 1940, in Hempstead County to John Henry and Pearl Clements Carlton.

She was a greeter at Wal-Mart in Hope. She was a member, piano player, clerk, and Sunday School teacher of Union Baptist Church in Bodcaw.

Her survivors include: her husband, Wayne Banks of Hope; three sons, Larry Banks of Hope, Timmy Banks of Emmet, and Johnny Banks of Hope; her parents, John Henry and Pearl Carlton of Bodcaw; three brothers, John R. "Dickie" Carlton of Bodcaw, Larry Carlton and Randy Carlton both of Bodcaw; two sisters, Joy Chandler of Nashville and Jamie Whatley of Bodcaw; four grandchildren and one great-grandson.

Funeral services were 2 p.m. Friday, October 24, 2003, at Union Baptist Church in Bodcaw with Rev. Joe Brown and Rev. Buddy McKamie officiating. Burial followed in Union Cemetery in Bodcaw. Arrangements by Brazzel/Oakcrest Funeral Home in Hope.

Family received friends from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, October 23, 2003, at Brazzel/Oakcrest Funeral Home in Hope.