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Submitted: 12/2/22 • Approved: 12/7/22 • Last Updated: 12/10/22 • R1460134-G0-S3
FIRST LIEUTENANT US Army
CAPTAIN US Army National Guard
July 18, 1928 - June 17, 2021
Dale Hanks son of Ray H Hanks and Roberta Gladys (Jeffery) Hanks.
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Dale Hanks was born July 18, 1928 in Ruddel Township, Batesville Arkansas and died June 17, 2021 in his home in Ashland Virginia. He is the son of Ray H. Hanks and Roberta Gladys Jeffery.
Dale is a former state director of the Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services. He served in Germany as a US Army first lieutenant (troop commander), and later served as a captain in the Arkansas National Guard. He was a teacher, athletics director, and head football coach at Pocahontas and Paragould, Arkansas high schools. He has taught at The University of Virginia Graduate School, Arkansas State University; and Oklahoma State University. He was a Visiting Professor of Public Administration at Virginia Commonwealth University. These University appointments were in psychology and public administration. He has trained hundreds of Richmond area executives from business, industry, and government in workplace protocol and business etiquette. He has conducted numerous seminars and workshops on other topics.
Dale is preceded in death by his sisters, Lois Ray Hanks, Mildred Joyce Hanks, Merle Hanks King; and his brother, Herbert Jeffery Hanks.
He is survived by his son, Dale Evans Hanks, Jr;, daughter, Nancy Hanks; and granddaughters, Holly Hanks, Lucy Larkins and Rena Lewis.
Obituary may be located through this site, https://obituaries.virginiacremate(.)com/obituaries/richmond-va/dale-hanks-10238082
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