GAINESVILLE - A retired longtime Hall County Emergency Management Agency Director, Bill Banks, died Saturday.<br>
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After serving in the Navy during World War II, Banks, a native of Griffin, worked for Colonial Stores for a number of years before moving to Gainesville in the late 1950s. He continued in the grocery business before becoming Hall County Civil Defense Director, a job now known as Emergency Management Agency Director. Banks served in that position for about 30 years until his retirement in the early 1990s. <br>
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After retiring from Hall County, Banks worked for H&R Block for a number of years, preparing income tax returns. He was active for many years in the Gainesville Lions Club.<br>
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A private graveside service will be held Monday morning followed at 1:00 Monday afternoon by a memorial service at in the chapel of First Baptist Church on Green Street. <br>
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