James Banks

Funeral services for James Hunter Banks, 96 of Cookeville will be Wednesday, November 30 at 11 AM from the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home. Interment, with military honors will follow in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Baxter. Mr. Banks passed away Monday morning, November 28, 2016 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born March 29, 1920 in Dowelltown, DeKalb County, TN to the late Joseph F. and Lula Mae Hunter Banks. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife of 63 years, Martha Lieselotte Edelmann Banks on August 24, 2014. He was a 1937 graduate of Baxter Seminary. He was an Army veteran of WW2 and served thirty years with the Army retiring as a Master Sergeant. He was a Purple Heart recipient and awarded four Bronze Stars, Good Conduct Medals and the National Defense Medal. After his military retirement he served as a Mail Carrier with the U.S. Postal Service- Cookeville Office from 1967 to 1979. He loved to fly fish and work in his garden. Survivors include daughter and son-in-law Nancy and Jeff Sibley of Cookeville, son and daughter-in-law Robert and Ginnie Banks of Millington, TN., grandchildren: Misty Hitchcock and husband Chris Salaniuk, Jeffrey Sibley and wife Jami, 2 step-grandchildren: Stephanie and husband David Lambert and Peggy Sissom, 2 great-grandchildren: Alexander Salaniuk and Gunner Lee Sibley, 2 step-great-grandchildren: Haleigh Sissom and Stephen Lambert. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. Pastor Jim McAfee will officiate. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 6 to 8 PM and after 10AM Wednesday at the funeral home. Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements (931)526-6111. You may share your thoughts and memories at www.hhhfunerals.com.