Glen R. Hankins

© Marietta Monitor

October 20, 2000, Page 4

Submitted by: Martha N. Reddout

Services for Glen R. Hankins, 86, of Marietta, were held at 2 p.m., Monday, October 16, at Marietta's First Baptist Church with the Rev. Tommy Higle officiating.

Mr. Hankins was born August 24, 1914, in Lincoln, Arkansas, the son of O.C. and Sadie Goins Hankins. He died Friday, October 13, 2000, in Mercy Memorial Health Center, Ardmore.

A resident of Love County since 1962, Mr. Hankins was a rancher. He and Eddie Jewel Gibson were married on December 12, 1937, in Littlefield, Texas. Mr. Hankins was a member of Marietta's First Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Eddie Jewel Hankins of the home; one son and daughter-in-law, Jim G. and Wilda Hankins of Pottsboro, Texas; two brothers, Fred Hankins and Tommy Hankins, both of Eldorado; three grandchildren, Dana Michaelis, Shannon Glen Hankins and Emily Diane Hankins; one great-grandson, Austin Michael Michaelis; and several nieces and nephews.

Mr. Hankins was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and a sister.

Serving as pallbearers were Shannon Hankins, Mike Michaelis, J.R. Gibson, Ron Bond, Vern L. Hankins and Rex Tomlinson. Honorary pallbearers were T.J. Welch, David "Doc" Nichols, Reed Tomlinson, Butch Sykora, Paul Lane, Jackie Drennan and Stephen Gibson.

Interment was in the Lakeview Cemetery, under the direction of Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home.