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  Person ID	I24881	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