Shockley Shoemake

Shockley Taliaferro Shoemake (November 5, 1922 – June 2, 2015) was a lawyer and politician.

Born at White Sands Teacherage near Bennington, Oklahoma, Shoemake graduated from Mount Valley High School in 1939. Shoemake served in the United States Army during World War II and Korean War. He graduated from University of Oklahoma and then practiced law in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Shoemake served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1951 to 1961 and was a Democrat. Shoemake died at his home in Pawhuska, Oklahoma from a brain tumor.

He is survived by his four children: Bransford Hunt (Darlene) of Bartlesville, OK; John Taliaferro of Tahlequah, OK; Shelley Ann (Pat) Blizzard of Kingwood, TX; and Sheila Lou of Guthrie, OK. His grandchildren are Jacquelyn Lauren (Keith) Wilson, Zachary Hunt Shoemake, Hope Ann Floyd and Heidi Blizzard. Great-grandchildren are Alexander Floyd, William Floyd, and Fidel Floyd-Martinez.[1][2][3]

Notes

  1. ^ Shockley Taliaferro Shoemake-obituary
  2. ^ Shoemake: He was a force
  3. ^ Oklahoma State Legislature-Historic Members Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine


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