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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
August 11, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   OKLAHOLMA  CITY  -- Derrick LatheIl Shepard of Norman, Okla., formerly
   of  Odessa,  passed  away  Wednesday,  Aug. 4, 1999, in Laramie, Wyo.,
   preparing  for  his first season as receivers coach for the University
   of Wyoming.
   
   Derrick  was born Jan. 22, 1964, to Woodie and Rose Shepard of Odessa.
   He  graduated  from Odessa High where he was an outstanding athlete, a
   standout wishbone quarterback for the Odessa Bronchos in 1981, then on
   a national championship team at the University of Oklahoma and a Super
   Bowl  team  with  the Washington Redskins in 1987 and moving on to the
   New  Orleans  Saints  in  1989.  He played with the Dallas Cowboys for
   three  years  before  becoming  a  coach  at U.S. Grant High School in
   Oklahoma City. He then took a position as a graduate assistant on John
   Blake's coaching staff at Oklahoma University. He was hired by Wyoming
   on June 30, 1999.
   
   Shepard  is  survived  by  his parents of the home; wife, Cheri of the
   home;  and  five children, Ashleigh, Sterling, and Shelby Shepard, and
   Dijon  Norwood  of  Norman, Okla., and Bree Carter of Odessa; sisters,
   Patricia  and  Brenda  Shepard of Odessa; brothers, Darrell Shepard of
   Wichita  Falls  and  Woodie  Shepard  of  Norman, Okla.; and a host of
   relatives and friends.
   
   Funeral  services  will  be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, 1999, at the
   St.  John'  Missionary  Baptist Church in Oklahoma City with burial in
   Rose Hill Cemetery.
   
   Memorial  services  will  be  at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Rose of Sharon
   Missionary Baptist Church, 1615 E. Murphy Street, Odessa, Texas.
   
   Local funeral Arrangements by Martinez Funeral Home.
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