Bourbon County KS Archives Obituaries.....Sheppard, James Gifford 1939
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A Ft. Scott, KS newspaper 1939
A LARGE FUNERAL FOR J.G.SHEPPARD
THE BAR ASSOCIATION AND OTHER GROUPS ATTEND
The Quality of His Friendship is Eulogized by the Officiating Pastor.
A large concourse of old friends and neighbors gathered at the Presbyterian 
church yesterday afternoon to pay their last tribute of love and esteem at the 
funeral of James G. Sheppard. The C.C.C. Club members attended in a body, as 
did also the Bourbon County Bar Association, courthouse officials and 
employees, city officials and employees, members of the police department and 
P.E.O. Club. In accordance with the wishes of the family, the services were 
carried out with dignity and simplicity.
The Rev. B.W. Young conducted the services.  His remarks were appropriate and 
consoling, speaking of Jim Sheppard as a man who grasped and had a high 
conception of life and who possessed a splendid mind and soul to serve his 
home, community and friends with effectiveness.  He was a former county 
attorney.
The minister read scriptures bearing upon life’s uncertainty, the love and 
goodness of God and the future life.  Emphasis was given to the thought that 
the supreme values of life are spiritual, and these include love, mercy, faith, 
friendship, sympathy, service, goodness and truth.  He reminded those present 
that life here cannot be properly evaluated by material measurements and of the 
high importance of placing a spiritual interpretation upon all that is said and 
done, inasmuch as the final issues of life are spiritual.
Referring to the deceased, the pastor expressed his deep personal regard for 
the fine friendship, made deeper by recent opportunities for a better 
acquaintance for his true qualities of moral and spiritual earnestness and 
sincerity.   He spoke of his recent regular attendance at the men's Bible 
class.  The minister mentioned his devotion to his family and in the closing 
prayer remembered the bereaved companion, son, daughter and mother.  Several 
fitting poems were quoted in the brief eulogy, setting forth the beauty of 
faith, hope and love.
Mrs. John Hill sang Shadows in a beautiful and touching manner.  Mrs. Dan Bates 
was the accompanist.  
The unusually large array of flowers banked the entire rostrum of the church. 
The family block of ‘mums and red rosebuds rested on the casket.  Nearby was a 
large wreath from the Bourbon County Bar association and a beautiful triangle 
from the C.C.C. Club.  Additional pieces were from friends and neighbors in 
Kansas City and Joplin, business friends and associates, and the Presbyterian 
men’s class, P.E.O. and the Ladies’ Society of the Methodist Church, Women’s 
Auxiliary of the Presbyterian Church, Grace Class of the Trinity Baptist Church 
at Kansas City, and many personal remembrances.
Interment was made in the family lot in Evergreen Cemetery.  The pallbearers 
were A.M. Keene, Harry Warren, Walter G. Davis,Frank Shoemaker, Charles Grant, 
Judge W.F. Jackson, Martin Miller and Frank O’Brien.
Out-of-town relatives and friends here for the funeral included Mrs. James G. 
Sheppard of Beloit, Kas., Mr. and Mrs. John Hughes of Whitewater, Kansas,  
William Sheppard of  Kansas City, Mr. and Mrs. Donald McKay of Wichita, Mr. and 
Mrs. George Dillard of Joplin, Mr. and Mrs. George Schoap and family of Kansas 
City,  Mrs. Ruth Flora of Hutchinson, Maxzine Grant of Pittsburg, Senator Harry 
Warren, Frank O’Brien and John Crain of Topeka.

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