Cecil Junior Shannon

Cecil Junior Shannon

• Born: May 23, 1931, in Clyde, Washington County, Arkansas

• Died: February 24, 1998, at age 66, in Washington County, Arkansas

• Burial: Bethesda Cemetery, Morrow, Washington County, Arkansas

Marriages

• First Wife: Ruby Jean Shannon

• Ruby Jean appears in Washington County marriage records as Cecil’s early spouse.

• She is often listed in genealogical compilations as the mother of some of Cecil’s children.

• Second Wife: Wanda Lee Shannon

• Later records and cemetery listings connect Cecil to Wanda Lee, who survived him.

• Wanda Lee is buried in the same cemetery section at Bethesda, near Cecil, which strongly supports her role as his later-life wife.