TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La. OBITUARIY for SHEPHERD, MATTHEW Submitted by: Louis Lavedan Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from June 27 to June 28, 2013 ============================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml ============================================================================= SHEPHERD, MATTHEW ========== A photo is available for this file. Please go to http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafourche/obits/dateobits/2013/f1306.htm and click on the name of interest. ========== Matthew Shepherd, 75, a native and resident of Terrebonne Parish, died at 12:59 p.m. Friday, June 21, 2013. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Friday at Jones Funeral Home in Houma and from 9 a.m. until funeral time Saturday at St. Luke Baptist Church. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church, with burial in St. Luke Baptist Church cemetery. He is survived by his former wife, Lucille Scott Shepherd; daughters, Sheila Galmore and Linda Bland; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Pearl Newton Allen and Matthew Shepherd Sr.; and one daughter, Pamela Denise Swing. Jones Funeral Home in Houma is in charge of arrangements. ======================