Shivers Family Recognition Talking PointsShivers Family Recognition
We would like to take a moment to recognize the loss of a member of a Southlake founding family.
Frances Bird Shivers was a north Texas native, born in Fort Worth in 1934
She married Jeroll Shivers in 1953 and joined one of Southlake’s founding families
Frances was the daughter-in-law of Claude Shivers and Alno Bailey
Claude Shivers was born 1917 near the Dove community where his family had farmed since his great-grandfather arrived in 1854. Alno Bailey's family was one of the first settlers of the
White's Chapel community (1860) and owned a dairy and grocery store. Alno was born on the family farm in 1909. The two met while attending school at the 1919 Carroll School and married
in 1927. They farmed land that still belongs to their descendants here in Southlake.
Family Tree:
The earliest Southlake-area family member is Spencer Graham, who served in the Civil War and is buried in Hood Cemetery—located in Southlake in the Coventry Manor subdivision
Spencer Graham married Ann Reynolds and they had 8 children, including Ora Grace Graham who married J.R.Shivers
Ora Grace Graham and J.R. Shivers had two sons, Cloyce and Claude. Claude’s father, J.R. Shivers was on the first Board of Trustees in 1919 when the three local schools, Dove School,
White’s Chapel School, and Sam School consolidated to form the Carroll Common School District.
Claude married Alno Bailey Shivers and had one son, Jeroll Shivers (who married Frances Bird)
Frances was preceded in death by her husband, Jeroll Shivers; parents; six brothers; and three sisters
Frances is survived by her two daughters, Rebecca Utley and Debra Puryear, six grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, six siblings and many other friends and family
Contributions to Southlake:
Jerrol and Frances contributed countless hours to the Southlake Historical Society and the creation of the Images of America Southlake book and the award-winning Southlake Historical
website (Still waiting on Connie for specifics)
These projects could not have been done without Jerrol and Frances—they provided many historical documents and photos
Alno Bailey Shivers and Claude Shivers both have oral histories recorded, available for check-out in the library.
Other Notes:
Connie Cooley plans to invite Historical Society members to the council meeting