A. B. Sheppard, 2 December 1968 - Obituary - Coke County, TX

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The Robert Lee Observer, 5 December 1968, Robert Lee, TX

Last Rites Held for A. B. Sheppard

	Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday for Andrew
Burton Sheppard, 63, lifelong resident of Coke County.  Mr. Sheppard
died Monday at 12:30 a.m. in West Coke County Hospital.  He had been
in ill health for about a year.
	Last rites were held at First United Methodist Church with the
pastor, the Rev. Bobby Palmos, officiating.  He was assisted by the
Rev. James M. Rogers, pastor of Pecan Baptist Church.  Burial was in
Robert Lee cemetery under direction of Williams Funeral Home.
	Mr. Sheppard was born July 14, 1905, in Coke County, the son
of the late Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Sheppard.  He married Pearl McCabe
April 23, 1925, in Abilene.  Mr. Sheppard was a farmer and stockman.
He was a member of the Methodist Church.
	Survivors include his wife; one son, Floyd Sheppard of El Paso;
one daughter, Mrs. Sarah Lou Davis of Mission; three sisters, Mrs.
Vera Robbins of Natalia, Mrs. Lucy Shelton of Houston and Mrs. Lou
Jane King of Abilene; and six grandchildren.
	Pallbearers were nephews:  Wayne McCabe, J. O. Counts, Holman
King, Fred McCabe, Jr., Miles Robbins, Dwain Shelton, K. C. Collier,
Telvey Robbins and Ajax Simpson.  Other nephews were honorary 
pallbearers.

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