Walker County AlArchives Obituaries.....William B. Bankhead September 1940
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The Mountain Eagle newspaper 9/19/1940 

William B. Bankhead died at the U. S. Naval Hopsital in Bethesda, Maryland. A 
short funeral service was held at 12:30 p.m. in the House of Representatives on 
Monday, Sept. 16, 1940. A special train for Jasper, Alabama, left Union 
Station, Washington, D.C. at 4:30 p.m. that afternoon and arrived at 11 a.m. in 
Jasper on Sept. 17th. Funeral rites were held at the First Methodist Church of 
Jasper where he was a member. The President of the United States, Franklin 
Delano Roosevelt, along with his cabinet members, 63 members of the House of 
Representatives, 30 Senators and many other dignitaries attended the funeral.  
B. B. Speed, Chief of Police, estimated a crowd of 40,000 people who came to 
pay final tribute to one of Jasper's most beloved citizens. Active ushers were 
Dr. A. C. Jackson, R. A. Argo, Dr. L.M. Walker, John Kilgore, W.D. Leake, E. W. 
Long, M. E. Nettles and Charles R. Wiggins. Honorary pallbearers were the Board 
of Stewards of the First Methodist Church, members of the Brootherhood Class of 
the Methodist Church, members of the Masonic Lodge No. 221 and members of the 
bar of the Seventh District. Ushers were G. T. Patrick, head usher; Bob Argo, 
Bob Kilgore, Bob Bruner, Al Blanton, C. O. Bostick, Robin Boteler, Bert 
Simmons, E. K. Barnes, Dr. Fred Haston, Lee Hamilton, John Primm, Charles 
Tweedy, Jr, William Ellis and R. R. Looney. The ushers were aided by Jasper Sea 
Scouts and Boy Scouts. Sam Watkins, Dora; Albert Boutwell, Birmingham, and Pitt 
Tyson Manor, Montgomery, served on the state identity committee. There was a 
scriptural reading by Dr. T. L. McDonald, pastor; Dr. L.E. Barton, Dr. B. F. 
Tingle, district superintendent; Rev. Harrison McMains, and prayer by Rev. J. 
F. Akin. William Brockman Bankhead was buried in the Bankhead family plot at 
Oakhill Cemetery in Jasper, Alabama. 



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