Wilma Wilbanks

Mrs. Wilma Jean Wilbanks, age 91, of the McConnell community passed away Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, at her residence.
She was born on Dec. 9, 1929, in Paris, to the late William Barney and Ocie Pauline Tompkins Speight.
Wilma was a long-time active member of McConnell Baptist Church, where she was a Sunday school teacher and taught Vacation Bible School. She was saved at the age of 9 in Paris, and her favorite Bible verse was John 3:16. Wilma worked as a secretary for the former M. Livingston and Turner Dairies, both in Fulton. She lived most of her life in the McConnell community.
Funeral services were to be held 1 p.m. today at McConnell Baptist Church, with burial to follow in the McConnell Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation was held at the church from 9 a.m. until the hour of services today.
Hornbeak Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
She is survived by a son, Gordon (Melinda) Wilbanks; and a daughter, Linda (Joe) Wade, all of Martin; three grandchildren, Kristi Wade, Samuel Cory Wilbanks and Jonathan Clint (Ashley) Wilbanks, all of Martin; and four great-grandchildren, Blake (Sarah) Barnes of Cordova and Anna Barnes, Liam Wilbanks and Lottie Wilbanks, all of Martin.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Cleatus Gordon Wilbanks; a daughter-in-law, Janet Wilbanks; a granddaughter, Kelli Wade Barnes; a sister, Julia “Judy” Ann Mulcahy; and a brother, Jerry Speight.
Memorials may be made to McConnell Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Melinda Wilbanks, 9918 McConnell Rd., Martin, TN 38237 or the charity of choice.
Online tributes may be left at www.hornbeakfuneralchapel.com.

Published 10.5.21