Carl was born August 3, 1925, to Robert and Elma (Oneal) Bankston in Carpenter, Miss. He came to Kansas City as a teenager, where he met and married Teresa Saladino. She preceded him in death on August 10, 1976. Carl retired as a driver for Schutte Lumber. He loved hunting, fishing, sailing, and raising show chickens.
His survivors include son, Frank Bankston and wife, Paula, of Oak Grove; daughter, Lucille Myers and husband, Bill, of Grain Valley, Mo.; brother-in-law who was as close as any son, Vincent Saladino and wife, Sharon, of Grain Valley; brothers, Milton Bankston, and Sonny Newman and wife, Jodie; sister, Willene Hinken and husband, Tom; sisters-in-law, Mary Ann Bankston, Norma Saladino, and Annette Mesh and husband, John; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, April 21, at the Royer Funeral Home, Grain Valley, (816) 847-4441. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Kansas City. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Carl was born August 3, 1925, to Robert and Elma (Oneal) Bankston in Carpenter, Miss. He came to Kansas City as a teenager, where he met and married Teresa Saladino. She preceded him in death on August 10, 1976. Carl retired as a driver for Schutte Lumber. He loved hunting, fishing, sailing, and raising show chickens.
His survivors include son, Frank Bankston and wife, Paula, of Oak Grove; daughter, Lucille Myers and husband, Bill, of Grain Valley, Mo.; brother-in-law who was as close as any son, Vincent Saladino and wife, Sharon, of Grain Valley; brothers, Milton Bankston, and Sonny Newman and wife, Jodie; sister, Willene Hinken and husband, Tom; sisters-in-law, Mary Ann Bankston, Norma Saladino, and Annette Mesh and husband, John; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, April 21, at the Royer Funeral Home, Grain Valley, (816) 847-4441. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Kansas City. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
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