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Funeral services will be held Friday for Lethia S. Hankins, a veteran educator, civic leader and former Wilmington City Council member.
Hankins, who died Monday at the age of 79, taught in the New Hanover County school system for 36 years. She served on the City Council from 2003 to 2007, was chairman of the Wilmington Housing Authority Commissioners, was a trustee of Cape Fear Community College and was a former chairwoman of the New Hanover County Human Relations Commission.
She co-chaired the 1898 Foundation, a nonprofit formed in 1997 to commemorate the centennial of the riot and coup d'etat that overthrew a legally elected biracial city government in Wilmington. As co-chairwoman, she presided at the dedication of the city's 1898 Memorial on Nov. 5, 2008.
"She...