Willis Cemetery
AKA: Old Blankenship Cemetery
NE of Shell Knob, Barry Co., MO
Shell Knob Twp.
Land Office Location - S2, T22N, R25W
Shell Knob Twp.
Land Office Location - S2, T22N, R25W
Cemetery is on private property owned by Laura Rodrock and is only accessible by walking.
To visit the cemetery you MUST stop by Laura's house for permission and exact directions.
Directions: NE of Shell Knob, just north of where Y and 39 come together. Take 39 to YY (YY is on the north side of the Central Crossing Bridge. There is a log shopping center at the junction this is where the Shell Knob Chamber of Commerce is located. ) Take YY to FR 2158 (the 1st left hand turn after the Baptist Church) Take FR 2158 about one mile (You will pass the new Senior Citizens Center) to FR 1258 turn left. Go approximately 1/2 mile (you will go over a culvert with a creek running under it) to FR 2200 turn left. Go to the 1st left hand turn. (This is only about 1 tenth of a mile. You cross through the creek and the turn is just on the other side before you go uphill.) Follow this road to Rodrock property. There is an electric gate that will have to be opened before you can continue.
Transcribed from existing headstones January 2004 by Laura Rodrock