Georgia Medreth Hanks

1923 - 2003  (80 years)

• Name	Georgia Medreth Hanks  [1, 2]
  Birth	29 Aug 1923	Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	12 Nov 2003	Hamilton, Ravalli County, Montana   [1]
  Notes	Ravallie Republic Serving the Bitterroot Since 1889 Friday, November 14, 2003 Georgia Medreth Hanks Dyer, 80, of Hamilton passed away Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003, at Valley View Estates in Hamilton. She was born August 29, 1923, in Lawton, Okla., to Ross and Medreth Vaughan Hanks. Georgia graduated from high school in 1943. Following high school she went to Wilmington, Calif., where she worked at Calship yard as a journeyman electrician. She returned to Lawton early in 1945 and worked at Ft. Sill. She met Carroll Dyer while still in high school but waited for him to return from the service overseas. They were married in Lawton, Dec. 23, 1945. In 1950 they made their home in Orono, Maine. In February 1967 she went to work for the plants and soil department of the University of Maine in the soil testing laboratory. She retired in 1981. Georgia and Carroll moved to Hamilton in October 1981. She belonged to the Corvallis Methodist Church, helped at the Commodity Center in Hamilton and was on the Hospital Guild at Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital. Survivors include her husband, Carroll, of Hamilton; children, Duane Allen of West Jordan, Utah, and Kevin Ross of Kodiak, Alaska.; brother, Ted Hanks, of Wichita Falls, Texas; sisters, Grace Linville of Paradise, Calif., Johnnie Mae Leonard of Hamilton, Nadine Swindells of Kentucky and Nancy Hale of Fletcher, Okla.; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Leslie Jean; brother, Del Hanks, and sister, Annabelle Lewis. A memorial service will be announced at a later date. Private family urn placement will take place. Arrangements are under the care of the Daly-Leach Chapel in Hamilton. The family suggests memorials to Haven House or to a charity of the donor's choice. http://ravallirepublic.com/news/local/obituaries/article_3a75ab6e-9a6c-5f94-b566-fca9c3b08ce4.html
  Person ID	I24880	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Alvin Roscoe "Ross" Hanks,   b. 1 Mar 1892, Illinois d. 21 Oct 1968 (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Medreth Elberta Vaughan,   b. 5 Mar 1895, Poseyville, Posey County, Indiana d. 10 Sep 1987, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	14 Apr 1912	Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  	Clipping from the LAWTON CONSTITUION, probably published in June/July 1962.(courtesy of Sue Anna Lewis O'Hara) Lawtonians Will Celebrate Golden Anniversary Today Their childhood years were a coincidental series of almost-meeitngs, but Mr. and Mrs. Ross Hanks had to travel more than 800 miles before they met in Lawton and married --- and spent 50 years together. Mrs. Hanks, the former Medreth Elberta Vaughan, was born March 5, 1895, in Poseyville, Ind. Just across the Wabash River at Concord, Ill., lived 3-year-old Alvin Ross Hanks. The two grew up with mutual friends. Ross's grandfather and his oldest uncle lived in Medreth's home town, and Medreth's best girl friend, Nadine Brown, was Ross' cousin. The two families summonded the same doctor when someone was ill, and they visited the same places int he 35 miles between their two towns. When Ross was 11, he moved to Arkansas with his parents, and when he was 14, the family came to Oklahoma. Medreth lived in Poseyville until her mother died and she came to this area to make her home with an uncle, the late John L. Fairchild, in the Pecan community southwest of Lawton. Here the two met and were married. And have lived ever since except for a year in Littlefield, Tex. They farmed west of town, wher Mr. Hanks was a volunteer fireman for a number of years and then joined the Lawton Fire Department as a regular fireman in April 1926. He retired as fire chief in April, 1946. The couple has two sons and six daughters, all of whom will be in Lawton to host an open house in their parents honor from 2 to 5 p.m. in the parents home at 1108 Baldwin. They are SM-Sgt Teddy W. Hanks, Wichita Falls, Tex; Mrs. George W. Linville, Chico, Calif; Mrs. Richard G. Leonard, Lolo, Mont., Mrs. Carroll L. Dyer, Orono, Maine; Mrs. Cliff Clark, Fairview; Mrs. Bill Hale, Elgin; Mrs. Cecil A. Lewis, 2703 N. 22nd, and Del D. Hanks of the home. In addtion most of the couple's 32 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren will be present for the celebration. To be truthful, the Hanks have been married two months longer than 50 years, but the celebration was postponed from April until today so that all the children could be together for the first time in 18 years. To help the mark the Golden------ (article was copied only through this line).
  Family ID	F8267	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Carroll Leslie Dyer,   b. 22 Apr 1916, New Portland, Somerset County, Maine d. 17 Jul 2007, Hamilton, Ravalli County, Montana (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	23 Dec 1945
  Family ID	F12113	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2012

  
  

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