The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, October 2, 1996            TAG: 9610020414
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                    LENGTH:   18 lines

ELLA M. BANKS

Ella M. Banks, 80, of the 600 block of Minute Man Road, died Sept. 30, 1996, in a Norfolk hospital.

A native of Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada, she was the widow of Lenley F. Banks.

Survivors include two sons, John G. Banks of Virginia Beach and his family, Douglas MacKay of Ontario, Canada; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; and brothers and sisters of Canada.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Bayside Chapel, by Pastor David B. Howard. Burial will be in Woodland Cemetery, Port Orange, Fla.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB