Harold William Bankes

1913 - 1945  (31 years)

• Name	Harold William Bankes
  Born	13 Dec 1913	Malta, Morgan County, Ohio, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Apr 1945	Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio, USA
  	Cause: tubercular meningitis
  Buried	Creighton Ridge Church of Christ Cemetery, Marr, Bethel Township, Monroe County, Ohio, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I411822	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2019

  
  

  Family	Irene Victoria English,   b. 30 Jun 1913, Sycamore Valley, Monroe County, Ohio, USA ,   d. 9 Dec 1986, Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Married	1941
  Children	1. Dorothy Jane Bankes
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2019
  Family ID	F148245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com). Harold William Bankes Birth: 13 Dec 1913 Malta, Morgan County, Ohio, USA Death: 24 Apr 1945 (aged 31) Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio, USA Burial: Creighton Ridge Church of Christ Cemetery, Marr, Monroe County, Ohio, USA Memorial #: 51365926 Bio: A minister of the church of Christ.Obituary from Gospel AdvocateHarold W. Bankes, age thirty-one, died in St. Francis Hospital, Cambridge, Ohio, April 24, 1945, one day after returning from Umatilla, Fla., where he had labored during the past several months. His case was diagnosed as tubercular meningitis, and he had been in failing health for sometime, and yet was able to preach two weeks before his death. He obeyed the gospel at the age of fourteen. He was a graduate of Cambridge High School, attended Muskingum College and Freed-Hardeman College. Born at Malta, Ohio, he was the son of Harley W. Bankes and Minnie Martin Bankes. He was married in 1941 to Miss Irene English. Part of his five years in the ministry was at Belpre, Ohio, where he labored prior to his work in Florida. Surviving are his wife and daughter (Dorothy Jane, age two years), his parents, two brothers (Russell H. Bankes, Newcomerstown, Ohio, and Walter E. Bankes, Fairmont, W. Va.), three sisters (Mrs. Mary McKitrick, Pennsville, Ohio; Mrs. Nora Thomas, Zanesville, Ohio; and Mrs. Martha Jones, Cambridge, Ohio). Funeral services and burial were at Creighton Ridge Church, with Tom W. Butterfield preaching the discourse, and twenty other gospel preachers present to pay tribute to a departed fellow soldier of the cross.--Walter E. Bankes. Gospel Advocate, June 21, 1945, page 335. Family Members Parents Harley William Bankes 1870-1968 Millie Martda Hickerson Bankes 1869-1910 Spouses Irene Victoria English Hendershot 1913-1986 Irene Victoria English Bankes 1913-1986 Siblings Russell Harley Bankes 1892-1974 Walter Elston Bankes 1901-1986 Half Siblings Mary Emma Bankes McKitrick 1897-1974 Martha Elizabeth Bankes Jones 1917-2002 Maintained by: Tom Childers (46515204) Originally Created by: Nadine Gauthier Heppell (47021910) Added: 20 Apr 2010 URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51365926/harold-william-bankes Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 September 2019), memorial page for Harold William Bankes (13 Dec 1913?24 Apr 1945), Find A Grave Memorial no. 51365926, citing Creighton Ridge Church of Christ Cemetery, Marr, Monroe County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Tom Childers (contributor 46515204) .