Douglas Fairbanks Bentley
and Betty Jo Mullins
Douglas Fairbanks "Banks" Bentley b 25 Aug 1927
Eddy, KY d Saturday, 6 Mar 1993 Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY age 65 years, 6
months and 11 days; occupation, coal miner; s/o
Andrew Jackson Bentley
and Marilyn Evelyn Burke. Douglas Fairbanks "Banks" Bentley m. 11 Apr 1951
Neon, Letcher Co KY to Betty Jo Mullins. Children of Douglas Fairbanks "Banks"
Bentley and Betty Jo Mullins;
I. Anita Bentley m. Male Isaac
II. Travis Bentley
III. Chuck Bentley
IV. Mike Bentley
V. Roy Bentley
VI. Dale Bentley
VII. Tim Bentley
OBITUARY OF DOUGLAS
FAIRBANKS "BANKS" BENTLEY
Douglas Fairbanks Bentley, son of the late Andrew Jackson
Bentley and Maryland (Burke) Bentley, was born at Eddy, Kentucky on August 25,
1927. He passed from this life at the Whitesburg Hospital, Whitesburg,
Kentucky on Saturday, March 6, 1993, making his stay here on earth 65 years, 6
months and 11 days.
Banks, as most everyone knew him, has been ill for the past
several months, but his passing was sudden and unexpected. Besides his
parents, one sister, Annie Elkins, also preceded him in death.
Banks married Betty Jo Mullins at Neon, Kentucky on April
11, 1951. He was a retired miner, having worked in the coal fields for over 32
years. He has been a member of the United Mine Workers of America for well
over 22 years.
Banks is survived by his wife Betty Jo of Jackhorn, Ky;
daughter: Anita Dale Issac of Jackhorn, Ky; sons: Travis, Chuck, Mike, Roy
Dale and Tim, all of Jackhorn, Ky; sisters: Hazel May Johnson of Eddy, Ky;
Barbara Ellen Strange of Letart, W.Va.; Janie Marie Yarber of Loraine, Ohio;
and brother: William Thomas Bentley of Jackhorn.
Also surviving are 14 grandchildren and a host of other
relatives and friends to mourn his passing.
