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John David Shepherd

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John David Shepherd

Birth
Powderly, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Death
21 Apr 1955 (aged 27)
Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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My uncle John David left this earth entirely too soon. The family story says he died of "sleeping sickness". What we would call encephalitis today.
He left behind his wife Amy. His beloved children-David, Linda, and Larry.

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Funeral for John David Shepherd, 27, McCalla Rt. 1, will be at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Brown Service Bessemer Chapel.

The Revs. J.D. Hogan and C.L. Garrison will officiate. Burial in Cedar hill Cemetery.

Born in Powderly, Mr. Shepherd was a graduate of McAdory High School and at the time of his death was a welder for Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Co.

Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Amie Bryant Shepherd; two sons, John David Jr., Larry Charles: a daughter, Linda Shepherd: parents, Mr. and Mrs. h.H. Shepherd; four brothers, Henry, Herbert, Clyde, and William Shepherd; four sisters, Mrs. Margaret Aderholt, Mrs. Gwendolyn Acker, Mrs. Marion McMurray, and Miss Isabella Shepherd.

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This is his obituary from Birmingham-Alabama's 'Good Morning' Newspaper.
April 23, 1955.
My uncle John David left this earth entirely too soon. The family story says he died of "sleeping sickness". What we would call encephalitis today.
He left behind his wife Amy. His beloved children-David, Linda, and Larry.

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Funeral for John David Shepherd, 27, McCalla Rt. 1, will be at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Brown Service Bessemer Chapel.

The Revs. J.D. Hogan and C.L. Garrison will officiate. Burial in Cedar hill Cemetery.

Born in Powderly, Mr. Shepherd was a graduate of McAdory High School and at the time of his death was a welder for Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Co.

Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Amie Bryant Shepherd; two sons, John David Jr., Larry Charles: a daughter, Linda Shepherd: parents, Mr. and Mrs. h.H. Shepherd; four brothers, Henry, Herbert, Clyde, and William Shepherd; four sisters, Mrs. Margaret Aderholt, Mrs. Gwendolyn Acker, Mrs. Marion McMurray, and Miss Isabella Shepherd.

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This is his obituary from Birmingham-Alabama's 'Good Morning' Newspaper.
April 23, 1955.

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