Bonnie Gale Hankins

Bonnie Gale Meadows Hankins, 86, died peacefully on March 21, 2018, near her home in Gladewater, Texas, surrounded by her immediate family. Bonnie was born September 18, 1931, in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Roy Edward Meadows and Hazel Ella Welch Meadows.

Bonnie thoroughly enjoyed spending time with family and friends, playing cards, reading, and watching television. She graduated from Kennett High School and spent much of her career as a bank bookkeeper, a job she really loved. She was active in her church, and spent a lot of time supporting her children in all kinds of school and church activities. She loved to travel, and took trips with her daughter and her family to California, Florida, and Hawaii.

In 1950 Bonnie married the love of her life, Herbert Coy Hankins, and they made their home in Kennett, Missouri, where they raised a family and served the community in various ways. In the mid-1990s, she and her husband moved to Gladewater to be close to their daughter Janet. Bonnie and Herbert were married for 67 wonderful years, until his death last year. She and Herbert had been retired for more than 20 years.

In addition to raising their three children, Bonnie was “mother” to numerous children in the neighborhood, and was a wonderful Aunt Bonnie to dozens of nieces and nephews.

She was a longtime, active member of Everett Street Baptist Church in Kennett, Missouri, until she and her husband moved to Gladewater in 1995. She is currently a member of First Baptist Church in Gladewater.

She is survived by her daughter Janet Lee Robertson and husband Dr. Dennis Robertson, son James Daniel Hankins; daughter-in-law Janet Pool Hankins; her brothers Robert “Bob” Meadows and Wayne Meadows; eight grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews and other loving family and friends, all of whom will miss her dearly.

Mrs. Hankins is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, three brothers, Eugene Meadows, and twins Ted and Larry Meadows; sisters, Mary Ruth Meadows and Doris Janet Simpson; and her son David Allen Hankins.

Funeral services for Mrs. Hankins will be held Saturday, March 24, 2018 at 11:00 a.m., at First Baptist Church, Gladewater, with Brother Bailey Harris officiating. The family will receive friends from 10:00 a. m. until 11:00 a.m. prior to the service.

Graveside services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 25, 2018, at The Dunklin Memorial Gardens in Kennett, Missouri, with visitation from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. at McDaniel Funeral Home in Kennett.