Mary Maglene Banks, 76, of Rector died Sunday, March 28, 2004, at Rector Healthcare.

A homemaker, she was born Dec. 20, 1927, in Friendship, Mo., to the late John Alfred and Rosie Lemmons. She was of the Pentecostal faith.

She also was preceded in death by her husband, J.E. "Dude" Banks; two sons, James and Larry Banks; one grandson, Jeremy Banks; one granddaughter, Megan Russom; two great-granddaughters, Taylor and Aubrey Burdin; one step-grandson, Leslie Wyatt, and one daughter-in-law, Kathy Banks.

Survivors include six sons, James "Cowboy" Banks and Dennis "Sonny" Banks, both of Rector, Michael "Doc" Banks of Nimmons, Jimmy "Bones" Banks of Leachville and Manuel "Hoss" Banks and Carroll "Guinea" Banks, both of Paragould; six daughters, Diane Burdin, Pat "Trix" Clayton and Georgia Rios, all of Rector, Reba Beck of Nimmons and Martha Stevens and Euelyn Clark, both of Paragould; two brothers, Charles Lemmons and Tommy Lemmons, both of Illinois; three sisters, Christine Weaver and Dora Presley, both of Illinois, and Bonnie Lemmons of Louisiana; 29 grandchildren, 19 step-grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, 50 step-great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today (Wednesday, March 31) at Mitchell Funeral Home Chapel in Rector with Bobby Carter officiating. Burial will be in Woodland Heights Cemetery in Rector with Mitchell Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons.