Julie Banks Smith, 51, of Early, passed away Sunday, January 31, 2021. A Celebration of her life will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, February 6, 2021 in the Heartland Funeral Home Chapel. The family has requested that masks be worn and social distancing be observed for everyone’s safety.
Julie was born November 19, 1969 in Brownwood to John and Sandy Banks. She graduated as valedictorian from Blanket High School in 1987 and received an Associate degree from Cisco Junior college in computers. Julie spent the last 15 years working as the office manager of Longhorn Auto Sales for the best boss, Glen Smith. She was a very active mother throughout her daughters lives. She came to everything and anything they got involved in, ball games, music performances. She could always be found cheering for her daughters in their accomplishments. Julie enjoyed spending time in the garden with her flowers, collecting Pioneer Woman kitchenware, sitting on her parents porch drinking coffee and watching
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Poetry: Kristi Helgeson, Brendan Smith, Amelia Diaz Ettinger, Christen Pagett, Briana Smith, Sanheshke Wakinyan, Carissa Cummings
Art: Sophia Aimone, Kimberly Baum, Alex Navarro, Mary Edwards, Hannah Flowers, Meredith Matthews (cover art), Jan Ng, Hannah Smith, Samantha Wegerman
Prose: Tonya Dias, Amelia Diaz Ettinger, Sarah Douglas, Catherine Stevens, Melissa Legg, Sanheshke Wakinyan, Brandy Powers-Crowe, Paige Dodd
Staff: Lora Alix (editor), Tanisha Willis (art editor), Carissa Cummings, Paige Dodd, Sanheshke Wakinyan, David Axelrod (faculty advisor)
Editor’s Note:
The publication of this issue represents our commitment to persevering through the challenges of the world today. 2020 has seen a global pandemic, devastating natural disasters around the world, and riots across America fighting against systemic racism. As we have watched the news while being quarantined in our homes, we see radical changes happening arou