Miller County Georgia Obituaries - Dr. William Shepard 1969
Submitted by Brenda King McNair Bmcnair614@aol.com
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Funeral Services For Dr. Shepard Held Sunday

Dr. William Shepard, 80, of Edison and formerly of Bluffton, died at Phoebe 
Putney Hospital in Albany after a lengthy illness.

A native of Colquitt, he was born March 26, 1889.  He graduated from Emory 
University Medical School in 1912 and was a member of the Over 50 Practice 
Club for physicians, having practiced medicine in Bluffton for 50 years, he 
was a member of the Georgia Southwestern Medical Society.  He was retired for 
the last few years.

He also had extensive land holdings in Clay and Miller Counties and served in 
the U. S. Army Medical Corps during World War I.  

Survivors include his wife, Aileen Hayes Shepard, Edison; a foster son, Dewey 
Hayes McNair, Albany, two brothers, J. O. Shepard, Sr., Colquitt, and B. B. 
Shepard, Leary, three sisters, Mrs. Roy Pullen, Damascus, Mrs. John Hudspeth, 
Blakely, and Mrs. Fred Martin, Blakely; six grandchildren and three 
great-grandchildren.

The funeral was held Sunday at 3:30 p. m. at the Bluffton Methodist Church.   
Interment in the Bluffton Cemetery with Manry-Jordan Funeral Home in charge.

Source: The News Record, Fort Gaines, GA Friday, May 16, 1969.

*Note*  William Olva Shepard, M. D. was born 26 March 1889 in Miller Co., GA 
and died 07 May 1969.  He was the son of William Byrd "Bill" Shepard and 
Elizabeth Annie "Lizzie" McNair. His wife was Aileen Hayes, daughter of 
Joshua J. Hayes and Druscilla Reed.

Submitted by:  Brenda King McNair < Bmcnair614@aol.com >