Born Dec. 27, 1947, at St. Louis, to the late William Ray and Nelda Maxine Shaffer Hanks, she retired from Cordova Rehab in Cordova, Tenn., where she worked as a registered nurse.
Survivors include: one son, Rodney Davis of Oran; one daughter, Nancy Trentham of Cordova; two brothers, Darrel Hanks of Oran and James "Jimmy" Hanks of Cape Girardeau; four sisters, Sara Guzman, Duranda Cochran and Marsha Ward of Oran and Elizabeth Whaley of Marion, Ark.; and five grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one son, Jerry W. Pirtle Jr.
Visitation is scheduled from 11 a.m. until time of services at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton. The Rev. Ed Carter will officiate.
Burial will follow in the Williams Cemetery in Perkins.
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