Palmer Jane Harvey Hanks, 88, of Beaumont, died Saturday, September, 13, 2014, at Harbor Hospice House, Beaumont. She was born to Amanda Brown Harvey and Edgar Harvey, on December, 27, 1925, in San Augustine, Texas. Palmer graduated from San Augustine High School in 1943, moved to Beaumont that same year where she lived until the time of her death. She married Roger Q. Hanks, on November 24, 1945, and together they had three children.
Everyone was always invited to her house for a good meal that always included homemade hot biscuits, yeast rolls, or corn bread and dessert. She baked cakes, cookies, jail house rolls, and kolaches long before they were ever popular. Her daughters always wore beautiful clothes made by their mother. Palmer helped establish and run a family business with her husband that is still in business today.
She loved watching nature and the changing seasons, the smell of cut grass, fall leaves as they fell from the trees, fire crackling in the fire place and the burst of spring. As a devout Christian, her entire life was for God and his teachings, as she began every day with a cup of coffee and her bible. Palmer spent her entire life helping others so that they might know God.
Our love for our mother is deep and ever-lasting, and our sorrow is healed by knowing she is in heaven.
Survivors include her husband, Roger Q. Hanks; and son, Roger Hanks, Jr. and his wife, Diane, all of Beaumont; daughters, Kay LeBlanc and her husband, Jerry, of Durango, Colorado and Starla Ware of Beaumont; eleven grandchildren; and twenty-six great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents; brother, Johnny Harvey; sisters, Loraine True and Billie Geraldine McAlpine; and son-in-law, Jerry Lee Ware.
A gathering of Mrs. Hanks’ family and friends will be from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Monday, September 15, 2014, at Broussard’s, 1605 North Major Drive, Beaumont. Her funeral service will be at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 16, 2014, at Broussard’s, with interment to follow at Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 841125, Dallas, Texas 75284.
