Roscoe Carlton Hankins

Roscoe Carlton Hankins, 93, formerly of Bryant Street in Eden, passed away on Monday, September 29, 2014 at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington, DC where he had resided the past eight years.

A graveside service will be held at 11 AM on Friday, October 3, at Roselawn Memorial Gardens on Ashley Loop Road in Reidsville.

Mr. Hankins was born December 29, 1920 in Rockingham County, NC, to the late Ernest Inman Hankins and Myrtle Vestal Hankins. He was a US Air Force Veteran having retired after 21 years of service. Roscoe was a member of Growing Oaks Baptist Church before he moved to Washington.

He is survived by his two step-children, Gloria Chandler of Smith Mountain Lake and Charles Young of Greensboro; a nephew, Dale Washburn and wife, Barbara of Vinton, Virginia; and niece, Nona Wilson, also of Vinton.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Bernice Gilbert Hankins; a brother and three sisters. There will be no formal visitation.

Online condolences may be offered to the family at www.fairfuneralhome.com