Jack Donner Hanks (1929 - 2011)

Born 18 Feb 1929 in Kaplan, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States

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Died 12 Oct 2011 at age 82 in Lake Charles, Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Jack Hanks is a descendant of an Acadian

Jack Hanks lived in Louisiana.

Jack Donner Hanks, son of Dosier Hanks and his wife, Anna Mae Simon, was born in Louisiana in 1929. In 1940 Jack was 11 and living with his parents and two younger brothers in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.^[1]

He married Joanne Johnson^[2] c.1950.

Known children of the marriage:

1. Beth (Hanks) Free
2. Robin (Hanks) Stutes
3. Jack Donner Hanks, Jr
4. Jed Duhon
5. Joel Duhon

He served in Korea.^[3]

He died in 2011^[4] and was buried in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.^[5] An obituary was published in Sulphur, Louisiana the Southwest Daily News on 14 Oct 2011.^[2][6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VY5T-2Z6 : 25 January 2020), Jack Hanks in household of Dozier Hanks, Kaplan, Police Jury Ward 9, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 57-23, sheet 8B, line 45, family 141, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1461.
   • Dozier Hanks Head Male 34 Louisiana
   • Annie Mae Hanks Wife Female 29 Louisiana
   • Jack Hanks Son Male 11 Louisiana
   • Alfred Hanks Son Male 8 Louisiana
   • Robert Hanks Son Male 1 Louisiana
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK49-RXYK : accessed 14 July 2019), Dozier Hanks in entry for Jack Donner Hanks, Abbeville, Louisiana, United States, 14 Oct 2011; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Vermilion Today, born-digital text.
3. ↑ "United States Korean War Dead and Army Wounded, 1950-1953," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXCQ-GX2 : 12 December 2014), Johnson J D Hanks, 26 Apr 1951; citing Military Service, North Korea Sector, service number RA14255536, program sequence IN DIV - 3RD, program element IN DIV INF REGT, Records of Korean War Dead and Wounded Army Casualities, compiled 1950-1970, documenting the period 02/13/1950 - 12/31/1953, NARA NAID 583580, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
4. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZK4-NM6 : 20 May 2014), Jack D Hanks, 12 Oct 2011; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 June 2020), memorial page for Jack Donner Hanks (18 Feb 1929–12 Oct 2011), Find A Grave: Memorial #78347613, citing Burleson-Duhon Cemetery, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA.
6. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4M-58YH : accessed 12 June 2020), Jack Donner Hanks, Sulphur, Louisiana, United States, 14 Oct 2011; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Southwest Daily News, born-digital text.