Stuart Enterprise ELSIE W. BANKS Elsie Gertrude Webb Banks, 86, of Dobyns Rd., Stuart, died Tuesday, May 8, 2001, at R.J. Reynolds Patrick County Memorial Hospital in Stuart. She was born in Carroll County on October 26, 1914 to the late Lester and Della Jessup Webb. She was preceded in death by her husband, Avery M. Banks; a daughter, Carlene Charnock; a sister, Belva Davis; a half-sister, Pauline Hamrick; and a half-brother, Lenford Willard. She was retired from Easthampton Rubber Thread and was a member of Peters Creek Baptist Church. Surviving are two daughters, Maxene Fix of Indianapolis, Ind. and Thelma Morris of Stuart; two sons, Lester Banks of Stuart and Neal Thomas Banks of Vesta; one sister, Ollie Sharpe of Hillsville; a half-sister, Trudy Cloud of Laurel Fork; 15 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Saturday at Reed Island Springs Baptist Church. The Revs. Clarence Marshall and Eugene Payne officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Marshall Banks, Garland Banks, Marty Fix, Tim Morris, Victor Morris, Tyson Morris, Scott Charnock and Richard Charnock. Arrangements were by Moody Funeral Home in Stuart.