Ethel Mae Banks

September 12, 1949 - October 20, 2018

Ethel Mae "Red" Banks Ethel Mae "Red" Banks, 69, of Houston, TX; departed this life on October 20, 2018 peacefully in her home surrounded by her loving family. Graveside services are scheduled for 3:30PM on Saturday; October 27, 2018 at Westend Memorial Cemetery in Madisonville, TX and these services are under the direction of Day Funeral Home in Madisonville, TX. Ethel Mae was born on September 12, 1949 in Lubbock, TX to Ruby-Banks Gilbert and Henry Jordan and was raised by her step-father, James Gilbert in Madisonville, TX. Ethel Mae graduated from Marion Anderson High School in Madisonville, TX, was retired from The Houston Independent School District, and was a faithful member of New Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church. Ethel Mae was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, one sister, and one granddaughter. She is survived by her children, Curtis Banks (Brenda), Sue Walker (Wesley), Regina Pruitt (Keith), Leotha Jones (Joe), Rachelle Banks, and Mia Banks; her twenty grandchildren; her twenty-eight great grandchildren; three sisters; five brothers; and numerous nieces and nephews.