Roger Allen Banks

ROGER ALLEN BANKS, 53, OF 928 OLD FORT ROAD LOT#4 DIED MONDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2000 AT HIS HOME. A NATIVE AND LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, HE WAS A MEMBER AND DEACON OF WILKEY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH AND WAS EMPLOYED WITH CHARLES D. OWEN CORP. HE SANG WITH THE GOSPEL GROUP NEW BEGINNINGS HE WAS A SON OF LENNIE MOTE BANKS OF SWANNANOA AND THE LATE TRULA WHITSON BANKS. HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A GRANDSON, MATTHEW SPIVEY. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, ELIZABETH BANKS OF THE HOME; SON, TERRY BANKS AND WIFE YVONNE OF FAIRVIEW; DAUGHTERS, TRACY SPIVEY OF FAIRVIEW, TANYA WHITE AND HUSBAND STEPHEN OF CALHOUN, GA., CHRISTY BOLDEN AND HUSBAND REGGIE OF ASHEVILLE AND TABITHA BANKS OF THE HOME; SISTER, SHARON CLARK OF SWANNANOA; BROTHERS, KENNETH BANKS OF SWANNANOA AND JOHN BANKS OF KODAK, TN.; GRANDCHILDREN, TYLER GARRISON, MICHAEL AND SHAWN BANKS, ZACHERY AND JACOB WHITE, BRANDI BOLDEN AND REGGIE BOLDEN, JR.; AND MANY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2:00 P.M. THURSDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME WITH THE REVS. TONY YOUNGBLOOD AND MIKE OWENS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN SKYVIEW MEMORIAL PARK. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS 7 TO 9:00 P.M. WEDNESDAY AT THE FUNERAL HOME. MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO: WILKEY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, BUILDING FUND, P.O. BOX 1741, FAIRVIEW, N.C. 28730.