General Information

Birth
4 OCT 1884
Death
17 MAR 1935
Burial
Howell Cemetery, Washington County, Hog Eye, AR

Notes

Edward Carney, 25, a local grocer, died at 9:30 Mond morning to bring to three fatalities which resulted in automobile accident between Fayetteville and Greenland Sunday evening. W. D. Shanks, 50 and Mack Dye, 51, both of West Fork, were killed instantly.

Shanks was found lying face-down in the ditch, about ten feet from the over, head crushed. Carney and Dye were found along the highway a short distance away. Dye's principal injuries we e to his head and Carney's boy was injured. The car was headed south when it over turned from an unestablished cause, coming to rest in an up right position on the side of the shoulder without having left the embankment.

Parents

John Wesley Shanks
- Father
1858 - 1943
Birth
28 JUL 1858
Sullivan County, Tennessee
Death
1 MAR 1943
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas
Sarah Elizabeth Loftin
- Mother
1865 - 1949
Birth
26 DEC 1865
West Fork, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
12 APR 1949
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
14 APR 1949
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas

Spouse

Susan Hannah
- Wife
1884 - 1969
Birth
15 JUL 1884
Death
11 NOV 1969
Siloam Springs, Benton County, Arkansas

Children

Lloyd H. Shanks
- Son
1907 - 1998
Birth
16 OCT 1907
West Fork, Washington County, AR
Death
27 JUL 1998
Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Howell Cemetery, Washington County, Hog Eye, AR
Dorothy Velma Shanks
- Daughter
1910 - 1990
Birth
3 JUL 1910
West Fork, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
3 MAR 1990
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
7 MAR 1990
Howell Cemetery, Washington County, Hog Eye, Arkansas