Mrs. Vera Mae Hanks

1924 - 2017

Mrs. Vera Mae Hanks obituary, 1924-2017, Sunnyvale, TX

BORN

1924

DIED

2017

FUNERAL HOME

Laurel Land Funeral Home – Dallas

6000 South R. L. Thornton Fwy

Dallas, Texas

Vera Hanks Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on May 8, 2017.

Vera Mae Hanks was born in Rankin, Texas. She had been employed as a salesperson at the Wynnewood Village Shopping Center, in the fabric store, Toy World and then Susanne’s Clothing store.She loved to cook for her family, remember those Sunday Dinners!!! Vera was a faithful member of First Baptist Church in Oak Cliff.She was predeceased by her parents, Kern and Ruth Gray; husband, Charles E. Hanks; several brothers; and granddaughter; Angie Turner-Ramsey.She is survived by her daughter, Diane Turner and husband Chuck; sons, Larry and wife, Yvonne, and their son, Scott and wife, Leslie; EJ and Rickey and wife Jackie, and their daughter, Ashley and her husband, John and their children, Jack, Ford, and Ella; and sisters, Louise Nichols and Betty Rainwater and other relatives and friends that will greatly missed Vera.

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