William Lester Shanks, 79, of Casey died at 2:55pm Thursday at his home.
He was born July 18, 1898 in Clark County, the son of William Wallace and Henrietta (Temple) Shanks.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Casey and a WW II veteran.
He married Arminda Cox in 1922; she preceded him in death in 1926. He later married Frances McCrory.
Surviving are his wife, Frances; two sons, Lowell and Clifford; one daughter, Geraldine Shanks; and two step-daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Ulrey and Mrs. Juanita McNary; one sister, Mrs. Weltha Bowman; 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be Saturday at 1:30pm at the First Baptist Church in Casey with Rev. Charles West officiating, with burial in the Olive Branch Cemetery, south of Martinsville.
He was born July 18, 1898 in Clark County, the son of William Wallace and Henrietta (Temple) Shanks.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Casey and a WW II veteran.
He married Arminda Cox in 1922; she preceded him in death in 1926. He later married Frances McCrory.
Surviving are his wife, Frances; two sons, Lowell and Clifford; one daughter, Geraldine Shanks; and two step-daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Ulrey and Mrs. Juanita McNary; one sister, Mrs. Weltha Bowman; 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be Saturday at 1:30pm at the First Baptist Church in Casey with Rev. Charles West officiating, with burial in the Olive Branch Cemetery, south of Martinsville.
William Lester Shanks, 79, of Casey died at 2:55pm Thursday at his home.
He was born July 18, 1898 in Clark County, the son of William Wallace and Henrietta (Temple) Shanks.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Casey and a WW II veteran.
He married Arminda Cox in 1922; she preceded him in death in 1926. He later married Frances McCrory.
Surviving are his wife, Frances; two sons, Lowell and Clifford; one daughter, Geraldine Shanks; and two step-daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Ulrey and Mrs. Juanita McNary; one sister, Mrs. Weltha Bowman; 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be Saturday at 1:30pm at the First Baptist Church in Casey with Rev. Charles West officiating, with burial in the Olive Branch Cemetery, south of Martinsville.
He was born July 18, 1898 in Clark County, the son of William Wallace and Henrietta (Temple) Shanks.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Casey and a WW II veteran.
He married Arminda Cox in 1922; she preceded him in death in 1926. He later married Frances McCrory.
Surviving are his wife, Frances; two sons, Lowell and Clifford; one daughter, Geraldine Shanks; and two step-daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Ulrey and Mrs. Juanita McNary; one sister, Mrs. Weltha Bowman; 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be Saturday at 1:30pm at the First Baptist Church in Casey with Rev. Charles West officiating, with burial in the Olive Branch Cemetery, south of Martinsville.
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