Extracted from The Birmingham News (Birmingham, AL)
Friday, June 1, 2012

GENEVA BANKS CLIFTON

CLIFTON, GENEVA BANKS age 94, of Rock Creek, went to be with the Lord Thursday, May 31, 2012. She was a member of Ezra Baptist Church in Oak Grove and a member of Oak Grove Chapter No. 380 of the Eastern Star.

She was preceded in death by her husbands, James Richard Banks and Theodore F. Clifton; her sons, Roland, Clifton and Joe Banks.

She is survived by Charlcie (Jerry) Lucas of Alba, TX, Alice (Wesley) Tubbs of Bessemer, AL, Janice (Larry) Richey of Oneonta, AL, Helen (Buck) Smith of Oak Grove, AL, and Carroll (Betty) Clifton of Oak Grove; daughters-in-law, Sarah Banks of Pleasant Grove, Al, Anita Banks of Hueytown, AL and Perry Ann Banks of Rock Creek, AL; grandchildren, Vicki Smith, Chuck Banks, Kenneth Banks, JoAnn Wynn, Mike Banks, Karen Carlile, Lynn Lucas, Jeff Lucas, Benny Clement, Dawn and Steven Burgess; seventeen great grandchildren and six great great grandchildren. She was a loving Mother and a special Mam Maw who will be greatly missed.

Funeral services will be Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at Bessemer Brown Service Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. with burial at Oak Grove First Baptist Church Cemetery. Scott Nichols, Richard Bryant, and Ben Corley will be officiating.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Ezra Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 3529, Hueytown, AL 35023.