Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Sheppard, Thelma J. September 23, 1985 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dorothy Strawhand https://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008405 March 10, 2021, 8:24 pm Virginian Pilot September 26, 1985 Thelma J. Sheppard of 806 Wide St., a native of Southampton County and the widow of Walter A. Sheppard, died Monday in a hospital. Mrs. Sheppard was a member of Holy Temple United Holy Church and its Senior Choir and Senior Missionary Society. She served as a mother of the church. Survivors include two daughters, Gloria Raigns and Frances Wilber, both of Norfolk; a son, Walter A. Sheppard Jr. of Suffolk; two sisters, Virginia A. Joyner of Norfolk and Ellen J. Holland of Suffolk; 17 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren. The funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday in Holy Temple United Holy Church by Bishop S.E. Pugh. Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday in Elton Funeral Home. The family will be at 877 Bagnall Road. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/s/sheppard18216gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb