Miller County Georgia Obituaries - Joseph Oscar Shepard, Jr.

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Joseph Oscar Shepard, Jr.

Joseph Oscar Shepard, Jr., age 66, of Colquitt died Friday, August 12, 1988.

He was born in Miller County on September 28, 1921, and was the son of the 
late Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Shepard.  He was a member of First Baptist Church and 
was engaged in the timber pulpwood business.  A veteran of World War II, Mr. 
Shepard was a member of the V. F. W., American Legion, Miller County, Shrine 
Club, Hasan Temple and Walter C. Dancer Lodge # 115.

Funeral service for Mr. Shepard was held on Sunday, August 14, at 3:00 p. m. 
at First Baptist Church with Reverend Rudy Woods and Reverend James Kenney 
officiating.  Interment was in City Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Jimmy Shepard, James Shepard, Steve Shepard, Jr., Dr. Jess 
Hester, Richard Spancake, Jr. and Ronnie Rentz.

Survivors include his wife, Jessie Anne Shepard, Colquitt; two sons, Danny 
Shepard, Colquitt, and Michael Shepard, Americus; three brothers, Stanley 
Shepard, Leary, Calvin Shepard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Steve Shepard, 
Starkesville, Mississippi; three sisters, Marie Kimbrell, Albany, Maude 
Dobson, Johnson City, Tennessee, and Elizabeth Stewart, Swainsboro; and three 
grandchildren.

Colquitt Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Source: Miller County Liberal, Colquitt, Miller County, Georgia August 18, 
1988.
18 January 2002 BKM.

Submitted by: Brenda King McNair < bmcnair614@aol.com >