Shucks Cemetery

Shucks Cemetery - AKA Jim Shucks Cemetery, Wheeler Graveyard - African American Cemetery

GPS (Global Positioning Satellite) Coordinates - N36 55.702   W080 47.075

Location: On Gardner Road, right before the Wythe County line. This cemetery sits in both Wythe and Pulaski Counties.

Recorded April 2006 by Pam Jones and Tami Ramsey - directions from Bruce Faris

Note: There were obvious burials other than the stones that we found

Legend:
SSDI - Social Security Death Index
Obit - obituary
VDTR - Very Difficult to read
Seagles - Seagles Funeral Home records
Stevens - Stevens Funeral Home records
o/s/s - on same stone
d/o - daughter of
s/o - son of
w/o - wife of
h/o - husband of

Last Name

First Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Obit

Notes
Banks Izetta M. (B) March 5, 1971 March 5, 1994

X
 "Mother" - SSDI: IZENERES M BANKS 05 Mar 1971 05 Mar 1994 - Bower FHM has Izeneres M. Banks
Beverly James Edward 1923 July 19, 1994

X
 Penn FHM - SSDI: JAMES E BEVERLY 13 Nov 1923 19 Jul 1994
Brown Annie E. 1896 1983   o/s/s Robt. J. Brown
Brown Carrie Age 63 June 8, 1961

X
  
Brown Meril I.       carved on a rock RIP - Bower FHM - Same person as below
Brown Nuril Isdor 1937 April 9, 1998

X
 Bower FHM - see above
Brown Robert J. 1888 1939   o/s/s Annie E. Brown
Brown Sarah E. 1875 1954   Strickler FHM
Brown Theodore May 18, 1919 August 18, 1988   PFC US Army WWII - s/o Robt & Annie Brown per 1930 census
Garner Earl Floyd March 8, 1908 April 22, 1971   "By Elsie & Family"
Garner Eugene E. February 24, 1940 November 27, 1984   o/s/s Howard W. Garner
Garner Helen E. Safewright 1913 February 24, 2003

X
 Bower FHM
Garner Howard W. November 2, 1942 September 19, 1984   o/s/s Eugene E. Garner
Gray John William January 15, 1877 February 7, 1954    
Gray Lillie Ann July 25, 1880 May 5, 1965   Strickler FHM
Johnson   1922 1970   Claytor FHM
Johnson   Betty Louise 22 years old January 20, 1950   d/o Lucy Hale
Lowery Fred 1920 1983   Claytor FHM - SSDI: FRED LOWERY 30 Jun 1920 Jul 1983
Mattox Mary 1943 2001

 X
 Bower FHM
Miller Mary Lou March 20, 1920 August 14, 2005

X
 Penn FHM - Born in Wythe County, d/o John and Rene Ayers Safewright, w/o Ralph Miller
Miller Pearl M. 1906 1985   Penn FHM - SSDI: PEARL MILLER 10 May 1906 Nov 1985
Prim Della Mae May 9, 1955 February 2, 1974   o/s/s Lewis T. (Claytor FHM says Miss Della)
Prim Lewis T. February 5, 1948 February 2, 1974   o/s/s Della Mae
Prim Timothy Dean 1962 1990   Bower FHM - SSDI: Birth July 26, 1962, death May 1990
Redd Frank Kidd December 5, 1907 June 15, 1992   PVT US Army WWII - SSDI: FRANK REDD 08 Dec 1907 15 Jun 1992
Redd James Richard "Bud" April 10, 1921 December 29, 1987   Husband, Father, Grandfather Bower FHM - SSDI: JAMES REDD 10 Apr 1921 Dec 1987
Redd William Everett July 9, 1917 August 31, 1965   VA PFC Army Air Forces WWII
Safewright Frances R. June 21, 1933 October 29, 1976   o/s/s Harry G.
Safewright Harry G., Sr. March 3, 1917 March 28, 1992   o/s/s Frances R. - Bower FHM
Shucks Ada Miller   March 4, 1962

X
 w/o James Thomas Shucks
Shucks  John Henry 1886 February 20, 1937   Per Fairview Home Records - s/o Dick and Jane Beens Shucks
Smith Agnes M. February 5, 1922 August 12, 1957   Mother
Smith Oscar Maceo 1933 1982   Bower FHM - SSDI: OSCAR SMITH 14 May 1933 Jun 1982
Smith Robert L. April 28, 1916 March 19, 1970   Father
Unknown Blanch 1927 1963   Strickler FHM
Unknown Mr. Elbert 1906 19??   Claytor FHM
Unknown William 1896 1960   Strickler FHM
Unknown     ???4   Claytor - Alexander FHM
Unknown         Claytor FHM
Unknown   1932 198?   Claytor FHM

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