Surname	Shook
Given Name	James Burl
Gender	Male
Born	06-DEC-1923 in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas (Certificate 77872)
Died	11-MAR-2014 in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas
Buried	Resthaven Memorial Park, Corsicanna, Navarro County, Texas
Father	Milford Dayton SHOOK, Sr. (28-FEB-1902 AR - 21-JUL-1971 TX)
Mother	Ida MCCRARY (29-DEC-1901 GA - 20-APR-1987 TX)

Family Line

James Burl Shook-> Milford Dayton Shook (f)-> Oscar Jonathan Shook, Sr. (gf)-> Jonathan James Shook (g-gf)-> Daniel Pinkney Shook (gg-gf)-> Henry Shook (ggg-gf)-> Frederick Shook (gggg-gf)-> Johanne Hans George Shook (Schuck) (ggggg-gf)-> Johannes Shook (Schuck) (gggggg-gf).

Marriage

Mildred Drucilla LOW; born: 10-JUL-1926 in Pottsboro, Grayson County, Texas; died: 23-SEP-2008 in Texas; father: Jess Martin LOW (28-DEC-1891 TX - 18-DEC-1979 TX); mother: Myrtle May BEAIRD (26-FEB-1895 TX - 24-MAY-1977 TX).

Children

• James Kevin SHOOK; 06-JAN-1959 in Dallas County, Texas; died: 12-JAN-1983 in Navarro County, Texas

Obituary (James)

James Shook, 90, of Corsicana, passed away Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Saturday, March 15, at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home. Service will be at 2 p.m., Sunday, March 16, at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Ed Straubing officiating. Burial will follow in Resthaven Memorial Park.

James was born in Corsicana, Texas, to the late Milford and Ida Shook. He was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church. James was an avid golfer and bowler and loved to be outdoors. He was always there to help anyone whenever he was needed. In 1985, James retired from Fibergrate and he and his wife, Mildred, moved back to Corsicana to live out their retirement years helping raise their great-niece and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Mildred Low Shook, of 60 years; son, James Kevin Shook; brother, Milford Shook Jr.; and brother-in-law, Joe Baumgartner.

He is survived by his sister, Peggy Baumgartner; daughter-in-law, Caroline Higgins; nieces and nephews, Janet Foster and husband, Leon, Anele Richardson and husband, Mike, and Denise Brown and husband, Jerry; great-nieces and nephews, Elizabeth Collier and husband, Kevin, Hayden Richardson and wife, Tiffany, and Dillon Brown and wife, Allison.

-- findagrave.com

Obituary (Mildred)

Mildred D. (Low) Shook

Jul 10, 1926 - Sep 23, 2008

Mildred D. Shook, 82, of Corsicana passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008. She was born on July 10, 1926, in Pottsboro. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jess and Myrtle Low; son, Jim Shook; sister, Minnie Lee Shockey; and brothers J. B. Low and Chester Low. Mildred is survived by her husband, J. B. "Buddy" Shook; daughter-in-law, Carolyn Shook; sister-in-law and husband, Peggy and Joe Baumgartner; and nieces and husbands, Janet and Leon Foster, Anele and Mike Richardson, and Denise and Jerry Brown. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Corley Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Corley Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Harold Scott and the Rev. Lain Teel officiating. Interment will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Hayden Richardson, Dillon Brown, Kevin Collier, Ed Straubing, Curtis Mitchell and Roy Franks. Arrangements by Corley Funeral Home.

-- Corsicana Daily Sun, 24-SEP-2008 (findagrave.com)