Children (l-r) Sandra, Remona and Willard
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Children (l-r) Sandra, Remona and Willard |
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Remona McOlean Shepherd
Born - June 27, 1939
Married - June 27, 1959 to Rush Emory Fletcher
Born - Aug. 3, 1933
Three Known Children:
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Willard Gwyn Shepherd
Born- Aug. 31,1940
Married - April 21, 1962 to Contance Mae Graul (Connie)
Born - Feb. 2, 1943
Two Known Children:
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Three Known Children:
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Sandra Ruth Shepherd
Born - April 6, 1942
Married - June 25, 1960 to Donald Blevins
Born March 18, 1936
Two Known Children:
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Willard Shepherd stands in front of the 'Booker House.' Walter and Muriel Shepherd lived here when they first married. Willard, and his sister, Remona, were born here. Built in the 1800's, the 'Booker House' was once the home of Booker & Cora DeBord. Grover Shepherd bought the two-room house and 13 acres from Booker Debord in 1930. |
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Obituary of Walter Leonard Shepherd
Walter L. Shepherd, 85, of Street, Maryland died at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, August 8, 1998 at Fallston General Hospital in Fallston, MD. He was the husband of the late Muriel M. Shepherd, who died May 3, 1993
Mr. Shepherd was born February 22, 1913, in Grassy Creek, Ashe County, North Carolina. He was one of eigth children of the late Grover C. and Ethel E. Walker Shepherd.
He moved to Oxford, Pa. from North Carolina in 1941 and had been a resident of Harford County, Maryland Since 1945.
Mr. Shepherd retired in 1970 from the Aberdeen Proving Ground where he had been employed as a carpenter. He was a member of the North Harford Baptist Church joining on November 27, 1960.
He is survived by a son, Willard G. Shepherd of Street; two daughters, Remona S. Fletcher of Street and Sandra R Blevins of Jarrettsville, MD; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two brothers, Ralph F. Shepherd of Mooresville, NC. and Mont M. Shepherd of Grassy Creek, NC.; and two sisters, Myrtle M. Pugh of Millersville, PA and Betty Ruth Williams of Hickory, NC.
Funeral Services were held Tuesday, August 11 at the North Harford Baptist Church, 4008 Old Federal Hill Road, Jarrettsville, MD. Burial was in Bel Air Memorial Gardens. The Harkins Funeral Home, 600 Main Street, Delta, was in charge of arrangements.
Officiating at the service were his pastor, Reverend John W. Manry and the church's youth pastor, Reverend Hugh E. Folds.
Pallbearers were: W Gregory Shepherd, Ronald F. Fletcher, Richard A Fletcher, David R Blevins, Willis H Trostle 111 and William J. Tomlinson, Jr. Mr. Shepherd's Grandsons.
Obituary of Muriel M. Shepherd
Muriel M. Shepherd, 73 of Street Died May 3, 1993 at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. She was born in Crumpler, N.C., daughter of the late Lester William and Martha A. Jones Baldwin.
She and her husband, Walter L. Shepherd would have celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary on July 16.
Mrs. Shepherd had lived in Harford County since 1945 and had been employed as an inspector at the Bendix Corp. in Towson before retiring in 1970. She had been an active member of North Harford Baptist Church in Jarrettsville since 1955.
Information collected and submitted by Sandra Shepherd Blevins.