Arvil Wade Bankston, 83, passed away peacefully on May 15, 2021, at home surrounded by family in Missouri City, Texas.
A fifth-generation native Texan and 10th-generation descendant of Swedish colonial settlers, A.W. was born on March 2, 1938, in Ennis, Texas, to Loma Lee and Margaret Bankston. He was named after his paternal grandfather, Arvil Wade “Doc” Bankston (1859-1901) but liked to be called…
