Individual Details

Roy Clyde Shepherd

(4 Sep 1906 - 16 Sep 1962)

On the U. S. Census of 1930 of North East, Cecil Co., Maryland, Clyde is age 23 living with his mother and siblings. Clyde is a clerk in a drug store.

Cecil Democrat, Cecil, Maryland, 20 September 1962: Roy Clyde Shepherd, 56, husband of Olive Strong Shepherd, died at his home in Charlestown Sept. 16. Mr. Shepherd was a World War II Navy veteran. He was an employee of Apgar Lumber Company in North East. In addition to his widow he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Joseph P. McKinney living in France, and Miss Betty Lou Shepherd at home; a step-son, Norman W. Smith at home; his mother Lucille Shepherd of North East, two brothers R. Earl Shepherd of Chicago, Ill., and James E. Shepherd of North East; two sisters, Mrs. Hayes Biddle and Miss Virginia A. Shepherd of North East. Funeral services were held from the Grant funeral home in North East Sept. 19 with the Rev. Thomas C. Short, pastor of the North East Methodist church officiating. Interment was in the North East Methodist cemetery.

Events

Birth4 Sep 1906Appalachia, Wise Co., Virginia
Birth4 Sep 1906Wise, Virginia, USA
Marriage18 May 1940North East, Cecil Co., Maryland - Olive Elizabeth Strong
Death16 Sep 1962Havre de Grace, Harford Co., Maryland
Death16 Sep 1962Age: 56
Alt nameRoy Clyde Shepherd
BurialNorth East United Methodist Cemetery, North East, Cecil Co., Maryland
BurialNorth East, Cecil Co., Maryland

Families

SpouseOlive Elizabeth Strong (1914 - 1994)
ChildJoan Gail Shepherd (1941 - )
ChildElizabeth Lucile Shepherd (1945 - 1982)
FatherWilliam Floyd Shepherd (1882 - 1956)
MotherSarah "Lucile" Hays (1885 - 1967)
SiblingSarah Vesta Shepherd (1902 - 1903)
SiblingRichard Earl Shepherd (1904 - 1967)
SiblingGeorgia May Shepherd (1908 - 2001)
SiblingVirginia Alice Shepherd (1911 - 1986)
SiblingWilliam " Bruce" Shepherd (1913 - 1938)
SiblingJames Edward Shepherd (1916 - 2000)
SiblingCharles Woodrow Shepherd (1920 - 1943)

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