Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Shepherd, Emma Cartwright January 21, 1946
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 Norfolk Virginian Pilot Tuesday January 22, 1946
Mrs. Shepherd, 79, Marine General's Mother, Dies

Mrs. Emma Cartwright Shepherd, 79, mother of Maj. Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd, 
former commander of the Sixth Marine Division, died yesterday at her 
residence, 1229 Graydon Avenue, after a brief illness. She was the widow of 
Dr. L.C. Shepherd, former prominent Norfolk physician.
She was a native of Nantucket, Mass. and had lived in Norfolk for the past 
55 years. She was a member of Old St. Paul's Episcopal Church, the Irene 
Leach Memorial and the Norfolk Society of Arts. Mrs. Shepherd was the 
daughter of the late Benjamin and Mrs. Agnes Hamilton Cartwright.
Besides General Shepherd, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. James V. 
Brooke, of Norfolk and Mrs. George R. Ferguson, of Winchester, Mass.; seven 
grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. C.W. Pitman, of Colorado Springs, Colo., 
and Mrs. J.W. Marion, of Kingston, Mass.; a brother, Archibald Cartwright, 
of Nantucket. Mass.; and two nieces.
The body was taken to the H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments.
Funeral services will be held at Old St. Paul's Episcopal Church Wednesday 
at noon, with Rev. Moultrie Guerry, rector, officiating. Burial will be in 
Elmwood Cemetery.
General Shepherd, now on leave after a tour of duty in China, recently 
visited his mother in Norfolk.


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