Fontain Banks

Mrs. Fontain Vowell Banks, 87, of Shaw, MS passed away Thursday, December 9, 2010 at North Sunflower Medical Center. Funeral services will be Monday, December 13, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. at Ray Funeral Home with Rev. Howard Haar officiating. Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 13, 2010 at Ray Funeral Home. Burial will be in Mars Hill Cemetery in Kosciusko, MS
Mrs. Banks was born March 4, 1923 to James L Vowell and Nora Bennett in Winston County, MS. She married Garlon Banks December 24, 1939 in Linn, MS.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Garlon Banks; parents, James and Nora Vowell; brothers, Ted Vowell, Theobry Vowell, Thorton Vowell, and Theolen Vowell; and two sisters, Pearl Vowell Buckley and Jimmie Lee Williams.
Mrs. Banks is survived by her sons, Garlon Banks and wife Jeannie of Temecula, CA; daughters, Donna Jean Banks of Grenada, MS, Rita Horton of Heber Springs, AR, Terry Lynn McCarty of Leakesville, MS; and 15 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.
First Visitation

9:00 am - 11:00 am Monday, December 13, 2010
Ray Funeral Home 206 Bishop Road Cleveland, Mississippi, United States
Service Information

11:00 am Monday, December 13, 2010
Ray Funeral Home 206 Bishop Road Cleveland, Mississippi, United States

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