Coy Elmer Shanks: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

Coy Elmer Shanks was born 15 Sep 1897, Tennessee (son of George Lew Shanks and Josiephine "Josie" Creech); died 1976; was buried Sweetwater Valley Memorial Park Cemetery, Sweetwater, Monroe County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1900, District 3, Grainger County, Tennessee
Draft Registration: 12 Sep 1918, Hamblen County, Tennessee
Census: 1930, District 4, Hamblen County, Tennessee

Coy married Lucille Ruble 19 May 1918, Hamblen County, Tennessee. Lucille (daughter of Albert Darius Ruble and Narcissa Littleberry Huff) was born 10 Sep 1899, Tennessee; died Aug 1985; was buried Sweetwater Valley Memorial Park Cemetery, Sweetwater, Monroe County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Children:

Marcella Shanks was born Abt 1921, Tennessee; died Bef 7 Nov 2013.
Vanita Mildred Shanks was born 29 Mar 1923, Talbot, Tennessee; died 7 Nov 2013, Franklin, Tennessee; was buried 10 Nov 2013, Woodlawn Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
Coy Elmer Shanks, Jr. was born 21 Jun 1926, Tennessee; died 12 Dec 1994; was buried Dayton National Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio.

Generation: 2

George Lew Shanks was born 7 Mar 1875, Tennessee; died 6 Dec 1938; was buried Martha Sunderland Cemetery, Hamblen County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1900, District 3, Grainger County, Tennessee

George — Josiephine "Josie" Creech. Josiephine (daughter of Bauffman Creech and Jane Church) was born 13 Jan 1881, Tennessee; died 3 Dec 1934, Hamblen County, Tennessee; was buried 5 Dec 1934, Martha Sunderland Cemetery, Hamblen County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Josiephine "Josie" Creech was born 13 Jan 1881, Tennessee (daughter of Bauffman Creech and Jane Church); died 3 Dec 1934, Hamblen County, Tennessee; was buried 5 Dec 1934, Martha Sunderland Cemetery, Hamblen County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1900, District 3, Grainger County, Tennessee

Children:

1. Coy Elmer Shanks was born 15 Sep 1897, Tennessee; died 1976; was buried Sweetwater Valley Memorial Park Cemetery, Sweetwater, Monroe County, Tennessee.
Ethell Shanks was born Sep 1899, Tennessee.

Generation: 3

6. Bauffman Creech
Bauffman — Jane Church. Jane was born Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Jane Church was born Tennessee.

Children:

3. Josiephine "Josie" Creech was born 13 Jan 1881, Tennessee; died 3 Dec 1934, Hamblen County, Tennessee; was buried 5 Dec 1934, Martha Sunderland Cemetery, Hamblen County, Tennessee.