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“Many good memories. Our thoughts and p0rayers are with you.
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1 of 3 | Posted by: Eloid\e and Gordon Anderson - LA
“Thinking of Mrs. Ethel's family during this time. May your memories of such a wonderful mother, mother-in-law and grandmother bring smiles to your...Read More »
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2 of 3 | Posted by: Rusty and Jean Sandifer Stewart - LA
“To the family........Mrs. Ethel...was a special lady...she was an awesome mother to so many.......How appropriate for God to call her home on the...Read More »
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3 of 3 | Posted by: Leona Kinchen - Baptist, LA
Elizabeth Ethel Downey Bankston , 94 years old of Hammond, Louisiana, passed away Sunday, May 13, 2012, at her home.
She was born on Saturday, December 1, 1917, in Hammond, Louisiana daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Maher Downey .
Surviving are her daughter Beverly Bankston; son & daughter-in-law Luther "Luke" & Barbara Bankston; son & daughter-in-law Pat & Patsy Bankston; daughter & son-in-law Ileen & Brian Addison;daughter-in-law Cindy Bankston;
16 grandchildren, 27 great grandchildren, 12 great-great grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Luther Louis Bankston and son Charles Hollis Bankston.
Friends will be received Tuesday, May 15, 2012 from 8:00 am until the services begin at 1:00 pm at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home.
Interment will follow in the Gatlin Cemetery Hammond, Louisiana.

