Funeral services for Luvenea Banks, 72, of Marvell will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 5, 2008 at the New Hope M.B. Church in Marvell. Rev. Otha Bush will officiate. Burial will be at Lone Valley Cemetery in Marvell. Banks, born Dec. 12, 1935 in Marvell to the late Isaiah and Irene Banks died June 27, 2008 at Helena Regional Medical Center.
She confessed a hope in Christ at an early age and fellowshipped with the New Hope M.B. Church.
She leaves to cherish her memory, a daughter Gilda Ann Banks; five sisters, Eula Gines, Mary Murrel, Luberta Hoskins, Earnestine Williams, all of Marvell and Martha Tate of Chicago, Ill.; and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Iriah and Irene Bank; three brothers, Willie Lee, Herbert and Lonester Banks; four sisters, Earlene Henderson, Sarah Dyon, Pearline and Fannie Bell; nephew, Ernest Hoskins and one niece, Ella Gene Banks.
Bob Neal and Sons-Brickell Funeral Home in Marvell will direct services.
A repast will be held at the old Tate High School in Marvell.