Contributed by: Bobby Sharp
Directions: 3 miles south of Kirvin, on 950 just east of FM 80.
Historical Marker: Matthews and Robert Shanks of Alabama settled here with their families in 1859. A small farming community developed, and in 1870 a school was built on a one-acre site donated by R. C. Murray. Land beside the schoolyard became a public burial ground, known as Shanks Cemetery after Shanks Post Office opened in 1896. the earliest recorded burial was Burgess A. Whatley (1854-1892). In 1893 G. W. Bell deeded another half acre east of the graveyard. The school building was torn down in 1917. Shanks Cemetery Association has maintained the site since 1935.
The following information was submitted by This is not a complete listing for this cemetery.
| CLARK, Ophelia J. Contributed byJoAnn McBride |
1909 | 1999 |
| CLARK, Vernon Contributed byJoAnn McBride |
1904 | 1989 |
| DAY, John Mitchel hus of Mattie (Whitten) Day |
June 10, 1848 | Jan 10, 1940 |
| DAY, Mattie (Whitten) wife of John Mitchel Day |
Dec 19, 1852 | Feb 10, 1920 |
| DAY, Ola E. (Simmon) wife of Wiley Warren |
May 30, 1888 | Sept 23, 1968 |
| DAY, Wiley Warren hus of Ola E. Simmon |
Jan 18, 1884 | Feb 28, 1972 |
| DICKENS, N. E. buried with Honors from the Veteran's Administration |
June 4, 1986 | |
| EMMONS, Mary Zue (Keys) wife of Richard Raymond Emmons, Sr. Contributed byJanie Moncrief Blevins |
June 21, 1911 | Sept 16, 1959 |
| EMMONS, Richard Raymond, Sr. hus of Mary Zue (Keys) Emmons Contributed byJanie Moncrief Blevins |
July 22, 1909 | Jan 22, 2003 |
| FOOTE, Cora Edna Contributed byJanie Moncrief Blevins |
Feb 5, 1881 | May 16, 1957 |
| FREEMAN, Thomas Charles "Jake", Sr. hus of Cora Bell Freeman son of Joseph Earl & Nina Ruth (Goolsby) Freeman |
Mar 19, 1925 | Feb 4, 2008 |
| GOOLSBY, James Bird born in Campbell Co., GA, died in Kirvin, Freestone Co., TX Contributed by Carl, Hawthorne FL There may be other Goolsby buried here but this is the only one that I am sure of. * |
Mar 31, 1858 | Sept 5, 1948 |
| GRICE, Bama Estelle (Miles) | Oct 14, 1876 | Sept 19, 1959 |
| GRICE, William/Benjamin | Feb 10, 1873 | Nov 29, 1948 |
| JETT, Marshall I. hus of Lucy C. Simmons b. July 1, 1882 |
Dec 1878 | Jan 1944 |
| JETT, Robert J. | Feb 14, 1904 | Nov 23, 1962 |
| KEYS, James Henry Contributed byJanie Moncrief Blevins |
Jan 9, 1879 | Apr 11, 1945 |
| KING, Robert | 1883 | 1951 |
| NICHOLS, Elizabeth Ann "Cissy" (Smith) wife of Curtis Nichols dau of Aldrice & Ruby (Owens) Smith |
Dec 16, 1958 | July 13, 2017 |
| PERSONS, Kimberly Ashlyn dau of Curtis & Barbara Persons |
June 22, 1995 | June 2, 2017 |
| PERSONS, William Edwin "Pete" hus of Sue (Dickens) Persons, m. 11/14/1967 son of Guy & Lillie Mae Persons US Army, Vietnam |
Aug 5, 1945 | Apr 6, 2015 |
| PIERCE, John W. Contributed byJoAnn McBride |
1864 | 1942 |
| PIERCE, William M. Contributed byJoAnn McBride |
1902 | 1975 |
| POWELL, Dora Day | Oct 1862 | Mar 17, 1958 |
| QUARLES, Martha E. | 1855 | 1940 |
| QUARLES, John T. | 1851 | 1912 |
| ROY, Helen V. Contributed byJoAnn McBride |
1880 | 1964 |
| ROUSE, Grace H. | Oct 13, 1913 | Feb 14, 1994 |
| ROUSE, John I. | June 24, 1909 | |
| SHARP, Alma I. | Mar 5. 1909 | Jan 6, 1981 |
| SHARP, Benjamin F. | Sept 13, 1860 | May 13, 1940 |
| SHARP, Claude B. | Aug 30, 1904 | Nov 1, 1980 |
| SHARP, Fred | Jan 20, 1908 | Feb 9, 1908 |
| SHARP, Haroldean Son of Claude B. & Alma I. Sharp |
Feb 8, 1929 | Sept 18, 2000 |
| SHARP, Henrietta | Nov 12, 1864 | June 7, 1899 |
| SHARP, Joe Lincoln | Feb 6, 1906 | Dec 13, 1982 |
| SHARP, Loucinda C. | Mar 10, 1873 | Jan 24, 1912 |
| SHARP, Shirley J. | Oct 9, 1935 | Jan 26, 1982 |
| SHARP, Velma | May 25, 1903 | Sept 25, 1903 |
| SIMMONS, Andrew H. hus of Fannie |
1940 | |
| SIMMONS, Fannie wife of Andrew Simmons |
1935 | |
| SMITH, Russell hus of Wanda Smith son of Henry & Mary (Russell) Smith US Army, Vietnam |
Nov 9, 1944 | May 2, 2012 |
| SNIDER, Lora Lee (Bain) wife of Luther L. Snider dau of Loran & Lillie (Keaton) Bain |
Aug 31, 1932 | Sept 26, 2009 |
| SNIDER, Luther L. hus of Lora Lee (Bain) Snider son of John Henry & Jewel Rachel (Pounds) Snider |
Nov 28, 1928 | Sept 23, 2011 |
| WEAVER, Elmer L. Contributed byJoAnn McBride |
1937 | 1937 |
| WEAVER, Elizabeth Contributed byJoAnn McBride |
1912 | 1998 |
| WEAVER, Henryetta Contributed byJoAnn McBride |
1873 | 1966 |
| WEAVER, Walter E. Contributed byJoAnn McBride |
1939 | 1956 |
| WEAVER, Walter J. Contributed byJoAnn McBride |
1901 | 1943 |
| WEAVER, Walter R. Contributed byJoAnn McBride |
1869 | 1941 |
| WEAVER, William E. Contributed byJoAnn McBride |
1912 | 1997 |
* Sources for James Bird Goolsby
1. Fina Allen (Newsome) Slack, my grandmother and J. B. Goolsbys neice, attended the funeral.
2. "The Goolsby/Conley Connection" by Mack Mullins @1980