Sarah Charlotte Eberhardt Banks

Mrs. Sarah Charlotte Eberhardt Banks, age 94 of Gainesville, Georgia, passed away on December 16, 2018 at Morningside of Gainesville Assisted Living Facility after a long illness. A memorial service will be held at 11:00am on December 20, 2018 at Memorial Park North Riverside Chapel with Reverend Bruce Fields officiating. Music will be provided by Mark Green. The family will receive friends prior to the service beginning at 9:45am.

Born on November 3, 1924 in Hall County, Georgia to the late Earnest Paul (E.P.) and the late Elizabeth Thompson Eberhardt. Charlotte attended Tadmore Elementary School and graduated from Airline High School and Gainesville School of Nursing where she earned her L.P.N. degree. She later graduated from Emory School of Nursing. After her children were in school, she earned her R.N. Degree.

Charlotte was a dedicated wife and most loving mother of three sons. She was a long time member of the First Baptist Church on Green Street, where she was an active member of the Gleaners Sunday School Class. She enjoyed socializing and seeing new places while involved in two travel clubs.

Charlotte grew up Methodist and was a lifelong tent-holder at the Lebanon Methodist Camp Meeting, where she faithfully attended every August with friends and family.

Charlotte was a long time member of Dogwood Garden Club and had many blue ribbons for entries into the local flower shows. Her love of gardening can be seen in the gardens of many Gainesvillians, as she was a big proponent of Pass-Along-Plants. That is to say if you stopped by her garden on Gaines Mill Road, she could be seen digging up plants for friends to plant in their gardens. She tended to a very large vegetable garden every year up into her 90’s. Her fig trees were favored by many when it was picking time.

Charlotte will perhaps most be remembered for her fifty plus years of devoted services to private duty nursing. She had a passion for helping others. For many years she volunteered in the Meals on Wheels program delivering meals to the aging community. People continue to mention how fond they were of her when she took care of their parents in their terminal illnesses. She and Susie Harris were one of the first local “Hospice” type nurses in Hall County. Palliative care was very new and was not yet known as Hospice Care.

In addition to her devout service to the nursing community, Charlotte was very active in local Boy Scout programs. Having three active and growing sons, Charlotte pioneered the first local used scout uniform drives.

Mrs. Banks was the wife of the late W.W. “Bill” Banks. She was preceded in death by her sons John Paul “J.P.” Banks and Michael “Mike” Banks. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law Rodney F. and Susan Banks of Los Angeles, California; daughter-in-law Willia Buquet Banks of Gainesville; grandson Rodney “Rod” F. Banks, Jr. and his wife Kimberly and a great granddaughter who is soon to be born of Scottsdale, Arizona; grandson Charlie Banks of Atlanta, Georgia; grandson William Robert “Bob” Banks and his wife Kirsten Hall Banks; great-granddaughter Ansley Elizabeth Banks; granddaughter Joy Elizabeth Banks; great-grandson Max Stone both of Gainesville. Mrs. Banks is additionally survived by her sister Frances Eberhardt Patterson of Gainesville and a number of nieces and nephews.

The family wishes to thank Morningside Assisted Living Facility of Gainesville for their devotion to Mrs. Banks’ care and Homestead Hospice for making Charlotte’s transition into her heavenly home one of peace surrounded by her family and friends. Additionally, the family wishes to thank her caregiver, Beverly Ortiz of Gainesville, Georgia, for her extraordinary devotion to Charlotte for a number of years.

Memorial contributions may be made to either The Ministry of Caring at the First Baptist Church, 751 Green Street, Gainesville, Georgia 30501, or to Gainesville’s Meals on Wheels, 430 Prior Street SE, Gainesville, Georgia 30501.

Online condolences can be made at www.memorialparkfuneralhomes.com. Memorial Park North Riverside Chapel, 989 Riverside Drive, Gainesville, Georgia 30501. 770-297-6200.