Billie Jo Shankles

Marietta Monitor

Friday, July 13, 2001

Submitted by: Martha N. Reddout

Graveside services for Billie Jo Shankles, 75, of Noble, were held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, July 10, 2001, at Burneyville Cemetery, with Randy Roberson officiating.

Miss Shankles was born December 8, 1925, at Burneyville, the daughter of William J. and Minnie B. Frazier Shankles. She died Friday, July 6, 2001, in Norman Regional Hospital, Norman.

Miss Shankles was raised at Burneyville. She lived in Norman for several years, then was a resident of Purcell for 15 years, and had made her home in Noble for the past five years. Miss Shankles was of the Baptist faith.

Survivors include two sisters, Betty Irley of Scottsdale, Arizona, and Opal Billingsley of Edmond; and several nieces and nephews.

Miss Shankles was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, George Shankles, Raymond Shankles, William "Buster" Shankles and Herman Shankles; and two sisters, Lily Mae Hull and Veda Snider.

Services were under the direction of Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home, Marietta.