Yvonne Banta

Yvonne Banta, 82, of Brownfield passed away on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 in Brownfield. Memorial Services will be at 1:00 p.m. Friday, September 4, 2009 at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Travis Curry and Rev. Steve Carter officiating. Burial will be in Terry County Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Brownfield Funeral Home.

Yvonne was born on October 5, 1926 in Lamesa to U.R. and Bertie Mae Middleton. She attended schools in Lamesa where she graduated from high school in 1944. She then attended Hardin-Simmons College earning her Bachelor's Degree. She taught schools in Lamesa for one year before marrying L.L. "Pid" Banta on January 28, 1950. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church.

Yvonne is survived by her husband, L.L. "Pid" Banta of Brownfield, 2 sons, Mike Banta and his wife Cindy of Lubbock and Dennis Banta and Cindy Shaver of Brownfield; her daughter, Donna Lane and her husband Robert of Yantis; 8 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Yvonne was preceded in death by her parents, her brother, Cullie Middleton, and her sister, Wanda Sue Jones.