Howard Allen Wilbanks

Mr. Howard Allen Wilbanks, age 82, of Nicholson, GA died Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at The Oaks-Athens.  Mr. Wilbanks was born in Nicholson to the late Gordon and Mae Barnett Wilbanks.  He was a member of New Hope Baptist Church, a United States Army veteran of the Korean War and a former member of the Nicholson Fire Department.  Mr. Wilbanks was retired from Peachtree Tooling.

Mr. Wilbanks is survived by his wife, Elenanor Faye Wood Wilbanks of Nicholson; sons, Randy Wilbanks, Steve Wilbanks and Darren Wilbanks all of Nicholson; brothers, David Wilbanks of Nicholson and James Alvin Wilbanks of Buford; sisters, Lois Mae Poe of Commerce, Sara Nell Poe of Nicholson and Dorothy Weldon of Jefferson; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, December 2 at New Hope Baptist Church with Rev. John Wood and Rev. Mike Stowers officiating.  Interment will follow in Howington Cemetery.  The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday night from 6 to 8 p.m.

Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce is in charge of arrangements.