Joan Lanier Banks

Warsaw - Joan Lanier Banks, 82 passed away Thursday, June 29, 2023 at ECU Health Duplin Hospital in Kenansville, NC.  Mrs. Banks was born June 26, 1941 in Duplin County to the late Arthur and Elizabeth Howard Lanier. 

Visitation will begin at 11:00 am, Monday, July 3, 2023 at Community Funeral Home of Warsaw.  A funeral service will begin at 12:00 pm, Monday in Community Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow the service in Devotional Gardens. 

​Mrs. Banks is survived by her husband, Wayne Banks of the home; daughter, Cindy Howery and husband, Darren of Goldsboro; three grandchildren, Brooke Henderson Gwynn and husband, Kyle of Richlands, Meghan Pittman Kornegay and husband, Blake of Grantham, Emily Pittman Massengill and husband, Jason of Goldsboro; six great grandchildren, Archer  and Kole Gwynn, Kendall and Kelsey Kornegay, Ellie and Christain Parrish and soon-to-arrive, Walker and Tucker Massengill.  She is also survived by sisters, Charlotte Henderson of Jacksonville, Linda Taylor and husband, Larry of VA, and Gaynell Parrish and husband, Donald of Durham; brother, Gerald Lanier of Beulaville, NC; two very special friends, Pam Banks and Gail "sissy" Rivenbark, and numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Banks, was preceded in death by brother-in-law, Jesse Henderson.

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