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.