Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....SHEPPARD, EMMA JO MASSEY September 22, 2017
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News Star World - October 05, 2017
EMMA JO MASSEY SHEPPARD

Greenwood, MS -  Emma Jo Massey Sheppard, 79, passed away September 22, 2017 
at the Greenwood Leflore Hospital. A memorial service celebrating her life 
will be held 10 A.M. Saturday, October 7, 2017 at the Greenwood Funeral Home 
Chapel. Dr. Rusty Douglas will officiate. Visitation will be one hour prior 
to service.

Jo was the second of five children born in Carthage, MS to Milton and Lomie 
Rhodes Massey. She was raised in Carthage and later moved to Greenwood. 
While raising her children, Jo earned her medical assistant degree and 
worked in that capacity for numerous doctors in the Greenwood area until her 
retirement.

Outside of work, Jo spent countless hours counseling many people throughout 
the community and within her family. Her advice, which was given with love, 
was often balanced with much needed blunt honesty. She spent a significant 
portion of her life trying to redirect lives through her sacrificial 
devotion to counseling others in different recovery programs. During her 
free time, Jo relaxed by honing her creative skills. She enjoyed painting, 
gardening, sewing and photography. She ensured her creative legacy would 
continue by passing these skills to her children and grandchildren.

Mrs. Sheppard is preceded in death by her parents, her step-father, G. L. 
Scott, her sisters, Carolyn Massey and Jane Goodson, a step-brother, Davis 
C. Scott and his wife Mary.

Jo is survived by her husband of 46 years, William M. (Willie) Sheppard, 
three daughters; Patra Fontenot (Jerry) of New Orleans, LA, Patsy Dunn of 
Oxford, MS, Sharon Hankins (Steve) of Starkville, MS, two sons; Mickey 
Gilmer (Margaret) of Starkville, MS, Bill Sheppard (Michelle) of Hernando, 
MS, a sister; Merril Goolsby (Bobby) of Biloxi, MS, a brother; Larry Massey 
(Sue) of Walnut Grove, MS, a step-sister; Rita Morris (Bob) of Alpharetta, 
GA, a step-brother; Norman Scott (Jenece) of Bartlett, TN, 17 grandchildren, 
19 great-grandchildren, and countless other family and friends.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or the 
charity of donor's choice.

An online guestbook may be signed at www.greenwoodmsfuneralhome.com

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