IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Garrett Joseph
Shankle
November 25, 2002 – August 12, 2018
Obituary
GARRETT JOSEPH SHANKLE, 15, of Charleston, died at 12:03 a.m., Sunday, August 12, 2018, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
Born November 25, 2002, at Cape Girardeau, MO, Thomas Joseph and Shelby Jeanine Burton Shankle, who survive of Charleston, he was preparing to enter 9th grade at Charleston High School.
Garrett began his Jr Dragster racing career at the age of 9 years old as the youngest member of the Shankle Motorsports Racing Team. During his years of racing he won many races and several points championships at Sikeston Dragstrip, Paducah Beacon Raceway, Bonne Terre Dragstrip and other area tracks. He was a member of Team Beacon, Midwest Jr Dragster Super Series and NHRA JR Dragster Racing League. He made several trips to the NHRA Eastern Conference Finals in Bristol, TN and the NHRA Western Conference Finals in Tulsa, OK, as well as, many other Jr Dragster events. Garrett made his mark on the Jr Dragster world and will be missed by many.
Besides his father and mother, he is survived by three sisters, Misty (Tony) Long of Dexter; Billie Jo (Joe) Duenne and Kristen (Brian) Jones both of East Prairie; his maternal grandparents, Joyce and Jim Abner of Charleston; paternal grandparents, Bill and Martha Shankle of Charleston; his aunts and uncles, Julia Burton (Michael Guerrieri), Kathy and Robert Renaud, Kenneth and Sheila Shankle and James and Pam Shankle and James Abner. Also, five nieces and three nephews and a number of cousins.
He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Jay Burton and one uncle, Robbie Abner.
Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 14, 2018, at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Funeral Services will be conducted at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 15, 2018, in the McMikle Chapel. Rev. J. Robert Webster, pastor of the United Methodist Church of Charleston, will officiate.
Interment will follow in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery near Charleston under the direction of the McMikle Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be: Michael Nally, Ben Nally, Dawson Crawford, Jazsmine Walton, Jason Haddock and Brenden Dowdy.
Honorary Pallbearers will be: Tory Bryan, Trenton Bryan and Bailey Whitiker
Memorials may be made to:
The Garrett Shankle Memorial Fund
% Citizens Bank of Charleston
207 East Commercial Street
Charleston, MO 63834
Born November 25, 2002, at Cape Girardeau, MO, Thomas Joseph and Shelby Jeanine Burton Shankle, who survive of Charleston, he was preparing to enter 9th grade at Charleston High School.
Garrett began his Jr Dragster racing career at the age of 9 years old as the youngest member of the Shankle Motorsports Racing Team. During his years of racing he won many races and several points championships at Sikeston Dragstrip, Paducah Beacon Raceway, Bonne Terre Dragstrip and other area tracks. He was a member of Team Beacon, Midwest Jr Dragster Super Series and NHRA JR Dragster Racing League. He made several trips to the NHRA Eastern Conference Finals in Bristol, TN and the NHRA Western Conference Finals in Tulsa, OK, as well as, many other Jr Dragster events. Garrett made his mark on the Jr Dragster world and will be missed by many.
Besides his father and mother, he is survived by three sisters, Misty (Tony) Long of Dexter; Billie Jo (Joe) Duenne and Kristen (Brian) Jones both of East Prairie; his maternal grandparents, Joyce and Jim Abner of Charleston; paternal grandparents, Bill and Martha Shankle of Charleston; his aunts and uncles, Julia Burton (Michael Guerrieri), Kathy and Robert Renaud, Kenneth and Sheila Shankle and James and Pam Shankle and James Abner. Also, five nieces and three nephews and a number of cousins.
He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Jay Burton and one uncle, Robbie Abner.
Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 14, 2018, at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Funeral Services will be conducted at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 15, 2018, in the McMikle Chapel. Rev. J. Robert Webster, pastor of the United Methodist Church of Charleston, will officiate.
Interment will follow in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery near Charleston under the direction of the McMikle Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be: Michael Nally, Ben Nally, Dawson Crawford, Jazsmine Walton, Jason Haddock and Brenden Dowdy.
Honorary Pallbearers will be: Tory Bryan, Trenton Bryan and Bailey Whitiker
Memorials may be made to:
The Garrett Shankle Memorial Fund
% Citizens Bank of Charleston
207 East Commercial Street
Charleston, MO 63834
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