john charles sherman banbury
He served in
the U.S. Navy during World War II, burial, with military honors by the
U.S. Navy. S/O J.C. and Emma Evans Banbury.He owned and operated John
Banbury Auction and Real Estate. He was an auctioneer for the Pratt
County Fair and a founding board member. He recently received the Steve
Kraisinger Award from the Pratt County Fair Association.In the 1950s he
and his brother Art owned and operated the International dealership and
Desoto and Plymouth dealership in Pratt for many years. On Sept. 1,
1946, he married Leola Childs, the mother of Ray and Roger Banbury. She
died in 1955. On May 10, 1956, he married Velma June Smitherman, the
mother of Jerry and Ted Bertram, at Raton, N.M. She died Oct. 6,
1996.He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Art, Clay
and Lloyd Banbury; and two sisters, Helen Smith and Beulah Hayes.