Donald B. Wilbanks, age 84, of Alto, Georgia, passed away on Saturday, September 3, 2023.
Mr. Wilbanks was born on January 25, 1939, in Banks County, Georgia, to the late Guy Littleton and Bertie J. Lane Wilbanks. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sisters, Francis Duncan, Evelyn Amig, Virginia VanSant, Betty Pruitt, and brother, Lane Wilbanks.
Mr. Wilbanks was a United States Army Veteran, having served from 1960 to 1966. He worked for Community Banks for eleven years after working and retiring from Standard Telephone Company with thirty-four years of service. Donald had also served on the Banks County School Board for eight years. He was a long-time member of Harmony Baptist Church. Donald was also a member of the Cherokee Gun Club as well as Woodmen of the World.
Survivors include his loving wife of fifty-nine years, Joanna Morrison Wilbanks, of Alto; daughter and son-in-law, Andrea and Bobby Johnson, Jr., of Collierville, TN; sons, Jeffrey Wilbanks, of Clarkesville; Todd Wilbanks, of Woodland, MS; sister, Guynnell Creighton, of Canton; grandchildren, Sarah Wilbanks, Erin Johnson, Rory Johnson, Brad Curtis, and Kristin Roberts.
Funeral Services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 5, 2023, at Harmony Baptist Church with Rev. Tony Byrd and Rev. Tim House officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery with military honors provided by the United States Army and The Grant Reeves Honor Guard.
Mr. Wilbanks will lie in state from 2:00 p.m. to the service hour at the church on Tuesday, September 5, 2023.
The family will receive friends from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday, September 4, 2023, at the Whitfield Funeral Home, South Chapel.
In lieu of flowers, the family would ask that a memorial donation be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 6704, Hagerstown, MD 21741, or to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105
Arrangements have been entrusted to the Whitfield Funeral Homes & Crematory, South Chapel, at 1370 Industrial Boulevard, Baldwin, Georgia 30511. Telephone: 706-778-7123.
