My
Great-grandmother
Mary Celima Stagg
Hanks
by Randy
Willis
Mary Celima Stagg was born Aug. 1, 1862 and
died in 1947. She is buried at the Butter Cemetery near Forest Hill, La. She
married Nathan Hanks on Aug. 7, 1879. Their children were: 1) My grandmother,
NINA RUTH HANKS (b. Oct. 27, 1891; d. July 16, 1962). 2) ADA EDNA
HANKS (b. July 17, 1886; d. Oct. 05, 1959); m. ROBERT HURST on Nov. 08,
1905. 3) LAWRENCE CLEVELAND HANKS (b. Jan. 1888; d. 1951); m. LENA
NUGENT LAUNIUS. 4) WALTER WILLIAM HANKS (b. May 03, 1883; d. 1957);
m. ZENOBIA EMELINE BRIAN, Dec. 24, 1911. 5) CLARA ALICE HANKS (b.
Apr. 14, 1894; d. Jun. 18, 1968); m. WILLIE WARREN ODOM. 6) OLLIE
ELVIE HANKS (b. Feb. 10, 1896; d. 1973); m. LEONARD CHAFFIN. &) DELMA IONE
HANKS (b. Sept. 19, 1898; d. Oct. 21, 1971); m. LEROY SAVAGE.
Mary Celima Stagg's father was Rev. Adolphe
Stagg (b. Dec. 17, 1834; d. Apr. 17, 1914). He was a pioneer Baptist
preacher to the French-speaking people of Louisiana. He married Ultima Caratine
(and later Cordelia Pevy).
