Robert Lee Shook
1870-1956
AT REST
Shook.- Robert Lee Shook, eighty-five years old, of
Belmont. Miss. departed this Iife Sunday morning, September
2. 1956. at Community Hospital In Tupelo. Miss. He was born
December 29. 1870. He was married November 23, 1893 to Mary
Ann Lindsey who preceded him in death May 10, 1950. They
have one son, Claude Shook of Charleston, Miss.
On March 6. 1952, he married Allene Mathis who still
resides at their home In Belmont. Brother Shook was a
businessman, teacher, preacher, and elder of the church at
Belmont. He attended David Lipscomb College in the early
years of his life. Most of his preachIng was done in and
around Belmont. He was loved, highly esteemed and respected
In that area and in other places where he had worked. He
had come in contact with many of the great preachers of his
lifetime.
It was a pleasure and an Inspiration to me to have known
Brother Shook and to have worked with him the last two
years of his life while I preached at Belmont. I will long
remember the many nights I sat in his room and we studied
together the word of God. W. C. Quillen, Roy Vaughn, and W.
J. Johnson made the remarks at the funeral service in the
presence of a host of brethren and friends. His body was
laid to rest in the Belmont Cemetery. Survivors Include his
wife, Allene Mathis Shook; one son, Claude. and three
grandchildren. May we live faithful and true to our God as
did this brother.
-James D. Burns
Gospel Advocate, 1957, 350.