Stories from Friday, May 19, 2023

Emma Jean Gray Banks of Blytheville was born May 4, 1949, the daughter of Rennie Gray and Everlena Gray. She was a graduate of Richard B. Harrison High School and Tennessee State University, receiving her master’s degree from Arkansas State University. Emma worked for 30 years as a social worker for the State of Arkansas. She was a licensed and ordained minister of the gospel and a member of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority...