Valdosta Daily Times

Obituaries

September 20, 2012

Helena Robinson Banks

- — Helena Robinson Banks, 88, of Albany, Ga., died Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, at her residence.

Funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. The Rev. Gail Long will officiate. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery.

A native of Jacksonville, Fla., born to Glen P. Robinson Sr. and Laura Mae Lewis Robinson, Mrs. Banks moved from Valdosta to Albany, Ga., in 1970. She received her B.A. degree from Cornell University and was a homemaker. Mrs. Banks was a member of The Daughter’s of The American Revolution, The Colonial Dames and St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, where she was a former member of the Alter Guild. She was the widow of William C. Banks Jr. and was preceded in death by a son-in-law, Donald Booth.

Survivors include her two daughters, Laura Banks Booth of Albany, Ga., and Betty Suggs and her husband, Dwayne of Leesburg; a brother, Glen P. Robinson Jr. and his wife, Jan, of Atlanta; and two grandchildren, Matthew Dwayne Suggs and Andrew Banks Suggs, both of Leesburg.

The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. today at Mathews Funeral Home.

The family will be at the residence of Dwayne and Betty Suggs, 647 Winifred Road, Leesburg, GA, 31763.

Those desiring may make contributions to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 212 N. Jefferson St., Albany, GA 31701 or Wilson Hospice House, 320 Foundation Lane, Albany, GA 31707. 

To sign the online registry or to send condolences to the family, you may visit Mathews’ website at www.mathewsfuneralhome.com. — Mathews Funeral Home, Albany, Ga.

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