Services for Minnie Hanks, 85, of near Aberdeen, Miss., a former resident of the Oakland area, were held at 11 a.m. Friday in Brintlinger’s Funeral Home, Decatur. Burial was in Graceland Cemetery, Decatur.
Mrs. Hanks died September 9 in St. Mary’s Hospital, Decatur.
A daughter of Lankford and Martha Mullis, she was born near Oakland. In 1907 she was married to Silvia N. Hanks, who died in 1974. Mrs. Hanks also was a former Decatur resident.
She leaves five daughters, two sons and other relatives.