Hamp Hansford Hanks Jr.

Hamp Hansford Hanks, Jr.

RUSTON, LA - Funeral services for Hamp Hansford Hanks, Jr., will be held Friday, April 13, at 2:30 p.m. at Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Ruston, Louisiana with Father Gary A. Bernhardt officiating. Visitation will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday prior to the service at the Piatt Student Center at Saint Thomas. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home. Hamp died Wednesday at his home in Ruston. He was born in Corsicana, Texas on August 6, 1925, raised in Powell, Texas, and earned degrees from New Mexico Military Institute and Louisiana Tech University. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps in the South Pacific during World War II. His professional career as a road contractor spanned many years, and included being a member of the Board of Trustees of T.L. James and Company and being president of his own company, H.H. Hanks and Company. Hamp's "esprit de corps" translated into a robust and colorful lifestyle which he shared with family and friends all of his life. He loved life and lived it with enthusiasm.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Hamp Hansford Hanks, Sr., and Lucy Richardson Hanks, and sister-in-law Laura James Hunt. He is survived by his wife, Jacqueline James Hanks, and four children, Lewis Hanks, Bill Hanks and wife Lynn, Buck Hanks and wife Martha, and Tracey Hanks; grandchildren Handsford, Whitney, Cannon, Gaines, and Shelby Soyars Hanks; one brother, Daniel "Doc" Hanks and wife Debbie and daughter Mandy; and brother-in-law A. T. Hunt, Jr., and his sons, Trott and Jimmy Hunt and their wives and families.

Pallbearers are Joe Reeves, Mickey Mays, Jeff Dalton, Charles Poole, Trotter Hunt and Jack Hunt. Honorary pallbearers are Cass Hunt, Lemmie Woods, Sidney Amyx and Pat Garrett.

In lieu of flowers, the family request the memorials be sent to Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, 810 Carey Avenue, Ruston, LA 71270, or the charity of your choice. Kilpatrick Funeral Home

Ruston, LA 318-255-2832