Crisp County GaArchives Obituaries.....SHEPPARD, JOHNNIE WATSON March 23, 2011
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WYLIE SHEPPARD JR http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007303 March 25, 2011, 12:48 pm

CORDELE DISPATCH
JOHNIE WATSON SHEPPARD 88,DIED AT HER HOME WEDNESDAY MARCH 23 SURROUNDED BY HER
FAMILY AND CAREGIVERS.  FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 11 A.M. FRIDAY MARCH
25,2011 AT PINECREST BAPTIST CHURCH.HER BURIAL WILL BE A PRIVATE SERVICE AT
SUNNYSIDE CEMETARY, THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS THURSDAY,MARCH 24 FROM 4
UNTIL 6 P.M.AT RAINEY FUNERAL HOME. THE DAUGHTER OF JOHN WILLIAM AND JANIE
TAYLOR WATSON,SHE WAS BORN IN CORDELE. HER SISTERS WERE PAULINE NIPPER AND
CHRISTINE COX. MRS.SHEPPARD WAS THE FIRST MISS CORDELE IN 1936.SHE WAS AN
OUTSTANDING ATHELETE AND A STAR BASKETBALL PLAYER WITH THE NICKNAME "FLASH"
WATSON. SHE TRAVELED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES CHARMING EVERYONE WITH HER
SOUTHERN WAYS.  MRS. SHEPPARD MARRIED JAMES CAMERON "BO" SHEPPARD IN AUGUST 1942
WHILE HE WAS IN FLIGHT TRAINING IN TEXAS. MAJOR SHEPPARD DIED IN 1970.  HE AND
MRS. SHEPPARD HAD TWO DAUGHTERS ,JANE CAMERON ATKINS WHO DIED IN 1995 ALONG WITH
HER HUSBAND JAY ATKINS,AND SANDRA LYNNE DRENNAN, SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER
SANDRA AND HUSBAND BRUCE OF CORDELE,HER GRANDCHILDREN ,JANE CAMERON BEDORE AND
HER HUSBAND DANIEL,AND JOHANNA(JOHNNIE) REBEKAH DRENNAN, BOTH OF CORDELE AND
BENJAMIN BRUCE DRENNAN AND HIS WIFE ELIZABETH OF PACE,FL.  MRS. SHEPPARD IS ALSO
SURVIVED THREE GREAT GRANDSONS,ANDREW CAMERON,JONATHON PATRICK,AND MATTHEW
THOMAS BEDORE,ALL OF CORDELE,

Additional Comments:
THIS IS MY AUNT .SHE WAS AN AIR FORCE WIFE.AND MY UNCLE BO WAS TRULY DEVOTED TO
HER.WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG HE IS SAID TO SAY ,I WILL MARRY THAT GIRL.SHE WILL BE
MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER. 

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