Virginia Lee Craig Hanks, 78, died on Friday, December 6th due to complications from Lewy Body Dementia. A long-time resident of Grand Prairie, TX, Virginia died peacefully at home. Virginia was born on August 14, 1935 in Winfield, KS where she grew up. She graduated from Winfield HS in 1953 and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. She embarked on a career with Braniff Airlines where she met the love of her life, H. Wayne Hanks and started a family. In addition to being a full-time mother, Virginia was owner and president of JEMALEE Industries, one of few women-owned businesses in Texas at the time. Virginia served on several boards and in leadership positions for many organizations in Grand Prairie including the Grand Prairie YMCA, the Grand Prairie Rodeo Club "Wranglers", Women's Club of Grand Prairie and New Horizons. She was a long-time volunteer for the Parent Teacher Association at several schools, holding a variety of state-wide offices and receiving Lifetime Membership recognition. Her flair for organization was evident in many of these efforts, helping several successful initiatives such as the Festival of Trees and Mistletoe Ball for the DFW Medical Center Foundation and Lone Star Park Charitable Foundation. Although an accomplished businesswoman and community advocate, Virginia will be best remembered by her family for her unlimited compassion, tireless support and amazing ability to enhance the lives of her children and grandchildren. There was nothing "Super Grandma" couldn't do, and she will be dearly missed.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, H. Wayne Hanks of Grand Prairie, TX; parents Ruth and William Craig of Winfield, KS; and brother-in-law Jack Pringle of Winfield, KS.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, H. Wayne Hanks of Grand Prairie, TX; parents Ruth and William Craig of Winfield, KS; and brother-in-law Jack Pringle of Winfield, KS.
Virginia Lee Craig Hanks, 78, died on Friday, December 6th due to complications from Lewy Body Dementia. A long-time resident of Grand Prairie, TX, Virginia died peacefully at home. Virginia was born on August 14, 1935 in Winfield, KS where she grew up. She graduated from Winfield HS in 1953 and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. She embarked on a career with Braniff Airlines where she met the love of her life, H. Wayne Hanks and started a family. In addition to being a full-time mother, Virginia was owner and president of JEMALEE Industries, one of few women-owned businesses in Texas at the time. Virginia served on several boards and in leadership positions for many organizations in Grand Prairie including the Grand Prairie YMCA, the Grand Prairie Rodeo Club "Wranglers", Women's Club of Grand Prairie and New Horizons. She was a long-time volunteer for the Parent Teacher Association at several schools, holding a variety of state-wide offices and receiving Lifetime Membership recognition. Her flair for organization was evident in many of these efforts, helping several successful initiatives such as the Festival of Trees and Mistletoe Ball for the DFW Medical Center Foundation and Lone Star Park Charitable Foundation. Although an accomplished businesswoman and community advocate, Virginia will be best remembered by her family for her unlimited compassion, tireless support and amazing ability to enhance the lives of her children and grandchildren. There was nothing "Super Grandma" couldn't do, and she will be dearly missed.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, H. Wayne Hanks of Grand Prairie, TX; parents Ruth and William Craig of Winfield, KS; and brother-in-law Jack Pringle of Winfield, KS.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, H. Wayne Hanks of Grand Prairie, TX; parents Ruth and William Craig of Winfield, KS; and brother-in-law Jack Pringle of Winfield, KS.
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