Pastor Tommy Wilbanks
February 28, 1946 - March 23, 2024

Pastor Tommy Wilbanks, 78, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Saturday, March 23, 2024, at his residence, surrounded by his family. Pastor Wilbanks was born February 28, 1946, in Chalybeate, Mississippi, to the late Marshall Lowery & Iva Campbell Wilbanks. He was a carpenter and loved working and building with his hands. He enjoyed fishing and doing yard work, especially riding his John Deere lawn mower. He never met a stranger and always helped others. Church was his life and he served as a Sunday school superintendent, assistant pastor, pastor and evangelist for many years. He moved to Fitzgerald three years ago to pastor Liberty Emmanual Holiness Church of Jesus Christ. “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.” Psalm 116:15 He is survived by his wife, Charlene Wiley Wilbanks of Fitzgerald; children: Tommy Wilbanks, Jr. & Sherry of Caraway, Arkansas, Larry Wilbanks of Osceola, Arkansas, Penny Wilbanks of Osceola, Arkansas, and Wayne Wiley of Fitzgerald; 20 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; a brother, Nathan & Nettie Wilbanks of Manila, Arkansas; along with many adoptive children and grands as well that he considered his. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Ella Fay Wilbanks; a son: Boyd Wayne Wilbanks; a son-in-law, Mark Wilbanks; a grandson: Allen Kyle Wilbanks; a great-granddaughter: Kynlee Faith Wilbanks; and a host of other friends and family. Pallbearers: Stephen Wilbanks, Jeremy Wilbanks, John Wilbanks, Ryan Wilbanks, B.J. Wilbanks, Blake Brumley, and Jayden Schoolfield. Honorary Pallbearers: Joseph Garcia and Jacob Horton. The family will receive visitors at the Pentecostal of Carroll’s Corner Church on Friday, March 29, 2024 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 30, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at the church with Pastor Keith Stokes and Pastor Scott Davidson officiating. Interment will follow at Garden Point Cemetery in Etowah, Arkansas under the direction of Faith Funeral Service. Paulk Funeral Home, Fitzgerald, and Faith Funeral Service of Manila, Arkansas are in charge of arrangements.