Betty Jo Hanks

Betty Jo Hanks
(1929-2021)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Marvin Emory Lester

Betty Jo Hanks

Born: 1 Apr 1929, Carline Co., VA ²
Marriage (1): Marvin Emory Lester on 21 Aug 1948 in Pulaski Co., VA ¹
Died: 10 May 2021, Montgomery Co., VA at age 92 ³

bullet Noted events in her life were:

• Obituary: Mullins Funeral Home and Crematory web-site: Radford (City), VA. ³ Betty Jo Hanks Lester, 92, of Christiansburg, passed away on Monday, May 10 at Kroontje Health Care Center in Blacksburg.

She was born on April 1, 1929.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 70 years, Marvin E. Lester; and her parents, Clyde L. and Bertha Ward Hanks.

Survivors include her son, Mel Lester, and wife Dena of Shawsville; son, Jay Lester, and wife Michele of Christiansburg; grandchildren, Chelsea, Joelle, Hannah, Kellen, Ellery, Shaye, and Ellen; 9 great-grandchildren; and brother Elray Hanks and wife Joretta of Harrisonburg.

An informal memorial celebrating the life of Betty Jo will be held outside at the Grove United Methodist Church pavilion in Radford at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 15. Dessert will be served. We will be following Virginia COVID-19 guidelines for outdoor social gatherings. Interment, at the Southwest Virginia Veterans Cemetery in Dublin, will be private. The Lester family is in the care of Mullins Funeral Home & Crematory in Radford.

Source Citation: Mullins Funeral Home & Crematory

Betty married Marvin Emory Lester, son of Sherman Luther Lester and Nannie Perdie Weddle, on 21 Aug 1948 in Pulaski Co., VA.¹ (Marvin Emory Lester was born on 4 Mar 1928 in Radford (City), VA ² ⁴ and died on 6 May 2019 in Montgomery Co., VA.)

1 Virginia Department of Health, "Virginia, U.S., Marriages Records, 1936-2014" (Richmond, Virgnia; Virginia Marriages, 1936 - 2014; Roll 101144425, Ancestry.com, (database on-line, Provo,UT, USA; Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2015), Surety: 3.

2 Virginia Department of Health, "In the Virgiia, U.S., Birth Records, 1912 - 2015, Delayed Birth Records, 1721 - 1920" (Richamond, Virginia, Ancestry.com (database on-line), Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operatons, Inc.), Surety: 3.

3 Ancestry.com, U.S. Find A Grave Index, 1600's - Current (ancertry.com (database on-line), Provo, UT., USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Surety: 3.

4 World War II Draft Registration Cards 1942, microfilm publication Records of the Selective Service System (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, ancestry.com (database on-line), Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011). Surety: 3.

Betty Jo Hanks

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