Mary Evelyn Banks

Mary Evelyn Banks departed this life on Thursday, March 2, 2017, at the age of 78 years, 1 month, and 17 days. She was born in Hardin County, Tennessee on January 13, 1939, the daughter of the late Aubrey and Vera Harrison Wardlow. On October 11, 1992, she was united in marriage to Bobby Gene Banks, who survives.

Mary Evelyn was a cook at Shady Oaks. She loved her kids, grandkids, music, and her cat. She was member of Holy Baptist Church.

She is survived by her husband, Bobby Banks of Savannah, Tennessee; children, Alvin Glenn Jones of Augusta, Arkansas and Gwendolyn Lynn Martin of Humboldt, Tennessee; grandchildren, Angela Harper, Caitlin Reeves, Tiffany Jones, and Latisha Jones; and great-grandchildren, Carter Allen Anderson, Jasper Thomas Harville, Leonidas Ulysses Reeves, and Hope Marie Carlson.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Tina Marie Jones; son, Leon Jones; grandson, Christopher Allen Jones; and half sister, Doris Virginia Mason.