Long time and beloved parishioner, Erika Bankston passed away on Friday, December 22. Erika was vice president of Our Lady of the Gulf Altar Rosary Society and very active in our parish. She will be sorely missed.
Ms. Bankston was born on May 4, 1939, and passed away on Friday, December 22, 2017.
Ms. Bankston was a resident of Alabama at the time of passing.
She also received an Honorary United States Naval Food Service Officer Appointment from Captain Brown Commanding Officer for the Roosevelt Rhodes Navy Hospital in Puerto Rico for Exemplary Volunteer Services during Hurricane Georges.
The Recitation of the Rosary will be at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church in Gulf Shores, Al., Wednesday, December 27, 2017, at 10:30 and Mass will be celebrated at 11:00. Interment of Ashes will be at The Alabama State Veterans Memorial Cemetery at Spanish Fort to be scheduled at a later date.
In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials be made to "Pilots for Christ" or St. Benedict Catholic School.
