John C. Hankinson Jr.
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Funeral service for John C. Hankinson Jr., 87, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 22, 2021 at Forest Lake Presbyterian Church, with interment in Elmwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends following the graveside service. Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, is assisting the family.
Mr. Hankinson died Sunday, June 20, 2021. Born October 14, 1933 in Waynesboro, Ga., he was the son of the late John C. and Sara Blount Hankinson. He was a U.S. Army officer veteran, retired banker and industrial developer. He was Vice President and Administrator of the South Carolina National Bank (now Wells Fargo) and initiated, planned, organized, implemented and managed the banks' division of National Accounts, Correspondent Banking (state and national), Cash Management, and Industrial Development. He also assisted in planning, organizing and later managed the banks' International Banking Division. He served as President of the South Carolina Young Bankers Association. He was also a State Director of the National Association of Bank Auditors and Comptrollers.
Prior to his retirement, he was associated with the South Carolina State Development Board as Deputy Director and twice served as Acting Director. He served his community and his State throughout his years and served as President and Director of the South Carolina American Cancer Society and as Director of the Pee Dee Region March of Dimes.
He received his B.S. degree at Clemson University and graduated from the School of Banking of the South at Louisiana State University. He attended Clemson on a football scholarship and was a member of the Block C Club. He also graduated from the American Banking Association Commercial Lending School, University of Oklahoma and received the designation of Certified Commercial Lender. He was listed in Outstanding Young Men of America, Who's Who in Industry and Finance and Who's Who in the South and Southwest.
Mr. Hankinson was a member of Forest Lake Presbyterian Church. He was also a member of The Palmetto Club and Spring Valley Country Club.
Surviving are his beloved wife, Coe Fogle Hankinson of Columbia; daughters, Mrs. Tom (Lane) Luke of Lumberton, N.C.; Mrs. Fred (Kathryn) Collins and son, G. Robert Long, both of Lexington; brothers, Lon H. Hankinson of Waynesboro, Ga., Whitner W. Hankinson of Augusta, Ga.; Grandsons William (Bill) Collins and Stephen Collins. He was predeceased by two sisters, Edith Hankinson Perkins and Mary Ann Hankinson Reese
Memorials may be made to Forest Lake Presbyterian Church, 6500 N. Trenholm Road, Columbia, SC 29206.
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