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Submitted: 10/11/21 • Approved: 10/23/21 • Last Updated: 10/26/21 • R1395237-G0-S3
October 10, 1926 - August 29, 2021
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Oscar Melvin Bankhead was born on October 10, 1926 in Albany, Oregon to Oscar W. and Gladys Linville Bankhead. He passed away on August 29, 2021 in Clarksville, Arkansas at the age of 94. He was a Gospel Minister and an Independent Seventh Day Adventist.
He is preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Cecilia Anderson Bankhead.
He is survived by his foster daughters, Betty Fetters of Clarksville, Arkansas; Melody Johns of Clarksville, Arkansas; Lorri Shepherd of Huntsville, Arkansas; his brother, Pastor Don Bankhead of Ashville, North Carolina; his sister, Ruby Ferguson of Spokane, Washington.
Burial took place at Mount Vernon Cemetery in Clarksville, Arkansas.
Contributed on 10/11/21 by billsully060
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