Shook, Joseph Webster Jr.

Surname Shook
Given Name Joseph Webster Jr.
Gender Male
Born 21-NOV-1924 in Texas
Died 28-JUN-1989 in Ector County, Texas
SSN 467-40-9456
Buried Sunset Gardens, Odessa, Ector County, Texas
Father Joseph Webster SHOOK, Sr. (08-DEC-1887 TX - 26-JAN-1955 TX)
Mother Bessie BRISCOE (22-AUG-1897 TX - 01-MAR-1986 TX)
Joseph Webster Shook, Jr. (ca. 1939)
Joseph Webster Shook, Jr. (ca. 1939)

Family Line

Joseph Webster Shook, Jr.-> Joseph Webster Shook, Sr. (f)-> Theodrick Shook (gf)-> Josiah Webster Shook (g-gf)-> Abraham Shook (gg-gf)-> Johanne Jacob Shook (ggg-gf)-> Johanne Hans George Shook (Schuck) (gggg-gf)-> Johannes Shook (Schuck) (ggggg-gf).

Marriage

Vivian Evelyn WALKER; born: 10-FEB-1923 in Bridgeport, Wise County, Texas; died: 23-APR-2008 in Mansfield, Tarrant County, Texas; father: John Wesley Fletcher WALKER (22-APR-1880 TN - 25-FEB-1971 TX); mother: Elsie Elizabeth BREWER (27-APR-1884 TN - 22-DEC-1971 TX); buried: Sunset Gardens, Odessa, Ector County, Texas.

Children

Notes

Colonel John E. Shook and wife, Linda from Mansfield, TX and their children, John Jr. and Aubrie.

Obituary (Vivian)

Vivian, 85, passed away at the Mansfield Methodist Hospital.

She was born in Bridgeport, Texas, to John and Elsie Walker and moved to Odessa as a young girl.

She lost her first husband, Burtis Scarborough, in action with the U.S. Navy during World War II. She continued working to support the war effort and married Joseph W. Shook, Jr. in 1944, at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

After the war, they returned to West Texas and lived in a variety of locations throughout the Permian Basin before settling in Odessa in 1968. She completed High School in Denver City and later attended classes at Odessa College. Vivian participated in many civic organizations including: Eastern Star, Rebecca's, and Royal Neighbors.

She is survived by her son, Colonel John E. Shook, USMC RET and his wife, Linda; and grandchildren, John Jr. and Aubrie Rae; her daughter-in-law, Delisse Shook; grandson, Joseph W. Shook, IV and his wife, Dee; and great-grandchildren, Damion and Patrick; and grand-daughter, Michelle and her husband, Rex Chitty; and great-grandchildren, Ryan, Cory and Cody and countless nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband of forty four years, Joseph W. Shook, Jr. (1989), her son, Joseph W. Shook, III. (2007), four brothers and two sisters.


1 1940 United States Census->Texas->Chambers->All Places->Image 26/54 (Ancestry.com) Image ...

Name Age Sex Race Relation Marital Status Birthplace Occupation
Shook, Joe W. 52 Male White Head Married Texas Furly Drilling Rig
Shook, Bessie 42 Female White Wife Married Texas  
Shook, Joeseph 15 Male White Son Single Texas  
Shook, Emmet 13 Male White Son Single Texas  
Shook, Bessie 12 Female White Daughter Single Texas  
Shook, Bulah 10 Female White Daughter Single Texas  
Shook, Lloyd 7 Male White Son Single Texas  

2 1989 Texas Death Index (Ancestry.com -- no image)

3 Headstone, Sunset Gardens, Odessa, Ector County, Texas (findagrave.com) Image ... Image ... Image ...