An Obituary from "Gatesville Messenger & Star Forum," Thursday, January 7, 1971:

Funeral services for Mrs. Inez Shepherd, Gatesville gardening enthusiast, were held at 2 p. m. Monday in Scott's Funeral Home chapel. Rev. Bob Richmond officiated, and burial was in Restland Cemetery.
Mrs. Shepherd died at 11:45 a. m. Saturday in the local hospital. She was 68.
She was a longtime leader in the Gatesville Garden Club and was a perennial winner in the club's flower shows and exhibits, particularly in the field of floral arrangements.
Mrs. Shepherd was born in Coryell County Jan. 7, 1902, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Shirley.
She was reared in this county, and lived in Dallas from 1921 until 1933. She had resided in Gatesville the last 37 years, and was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
Her husband, M. H. Shepherd Sr., died in 1962.
Mrs. Shepherd is survived by one son, Robert D. Warren of Oklahoma City, Okla.; four sisters, Mrs. Emma Bunch of Duncanville, Mrs. Dora Cotten of Waco, Mrs. Ellie Davis of Tulsa, Okla., and Mrs. Annie McCutchen of Gatesville; three brothers, Joel Shirley of Waco, Stonie Shirley of Port Arthur and Luther Shirley of Amarillo; and four grandchildren.
Pallbearers far Mrs. Shepherd's funeral were Cecil Hodge, F. A. Shirley, Edward Brown, Eric McCutchen, Leroy McCutchen, Dan Cotten and Robert Cotten.

From Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982:
Name: Mrs. Lena Inez Shepherd
[Mrs. Lena Inez Shirley]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 68
Birth Date: 7 Jan 1902
Birth Place: Coryell, Texas
Residence: Gatesville, Coryell, Texas, USA
Death Date: 2 Jan 1971
Death Place: Gatesville, Coryell, Texas, USA
Father: Robert C Shirley
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Fletcher
Certificate Number: 01379
Source Citation:
Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data: Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982.

From Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965:
Name: Sumner B Warren
Titles and Terms: Mr.
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 27 Nov 1921
Event Place: Coryell, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Inez Shirley
Spouse's Titles and Terms: Miss
Spouse's Gender: Female
"Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-DJGP : 10 December 2017), Sumner B Warren and Inez Shirley, 27 Nov 1921; citing Marriage, citing Coryell, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 984,715.