Stanley Warren Shanks

SHANKS, Stanley Warren Age age 52 of Cookeville and Madison, AL, died suddenly, December 29, 2008. Graveside services and Interment will be held Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at 2 p.m., at Maddux Cemetery, with Dr. Wesley Henry and Rev. Morgan Wallace officiating. Memorial services Friday, January 2, 2009 at 1 p.m., at Asbury United Methodist Church in Madison, AL with Dr. Alan Weatherly officiating. He was born February 6, 1956 in Lebanon, TN to Mrs. Wanda Stout Shanks of Buffalo Valley and the late Walter Warren Shanks. Mr. Shanks attended the Asbury United Methodist Church in Madison. He graduated from Cookeville High School in 1974 where he excelled in academics and athletics. He received a baseball scholarship to Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro and earned his BS Degree in Agriculture Science. While at MTSU, he played on the 1976 and 1978 OVC Championship Baseball Teams. Following graduation, he taught school in Metro Davidson County for two years. For the past 27 years, he has been a Facility Manager for YRC Freight Company in Huntsville, AL. Survivors, in addition to his mother include his wife of 29 years, Cindy Cate Shanks (whom he married December 22, 1979 in Donelson, TN); two daughters, Rachel Shanks and Sara Shanks, both are students at Auburn University; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Walter Hargis & Lynn Shanks of Helena, AL and Wayne & Kathy Shanks of Cookeville; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Velma Stout of Cookeville; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Tom and Evelyn Cate of Donelson; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Doug and Debbie Cate of Murfreesboro, Susan and Roger Barnett of Donelson; nieces and nephews, Jeremy and Candi Cate and son, Jaedan Cate and daughters, Bre'ana Bingham and Kayla Judd of Smyrna, Kristin and Greg Hopkins of Nashville, Wade and Wilson Barnett of Donelson, Walter Shanks, Jr. and wife Renee of Augusta, GA, Robert Shanks of Helena, AL, Tiffany Shanks Davidson and her husband Matt, and their son, Easton, Andrea Morgan Shanks and Wayne Evans Shanks (Wes), both of Knoxville, TN. BECAUSE OF MRS. CINDY SHANKS' EXTREME ALLERGIES, THE FAMILY REQUESTS THAT NO PERFUME OR COLOGNE BE USED BY ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE. Memorials may be made to St. Jude's Children Hospital, 3332 N. Lauderdale, Memphis, TN 38105 or to the Mustard Seed Ranch, PO Box 3814, Cookeville, TN 38502. Mr. Shanks' family will receive friends Wednesday from 10 a.m. until service time at the family home, at 2900 Maddux Cemetery Road, Silver Point, TN. HOOPER-HUDDLESTON & HORNER FUNERAL HOME in charges of arrangements, (931) 526-6111. www.hhhfunerals.com