Individual Details

SHEPPARD, James Hoyt, 79, of Shorter, died at his residence Tuesday March 14, 2000. The funeral for Mr. Sheppard was Thursday, March 16 from Bradford's Chapel United Methodist Church in Shorter. The Revs. Mike Gaby, Curtis Coleman and George Huskey officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery with Corbitt's Funeral Home directing. Mr. Sheppard was a life-long resident of Macon County and was a farmer. He served on the Administrative Council of Bradford's Chapel Church and was president of the Macon County Cattlemen's Association, president of the Macon County Farm Bureau and a member of the Macon Academy Board o of Directors. He also served as a medic in the U.S. Army.
Mr. Sheppard is survived by his wife of 51 years, Mary Ann Sheppard of Shorter; three daughters, Betty (Richard) Carr of Shorter, Martha (Wayne) McClendon of Franklin and Jane (Jeff) Bellew of Tallassee; two sister, Margie Johnson of Shorter and Nadine Fischer of Franklin; a brother, Loftin Sheppard of Shorter, eight grandchildren and two g-grandchildren.

Birth	2 Nov 1920	Alabama
Marriage	10 Feb 1949	Montgomery County, Alabama - Mary Ann Dees
Marriage	1 Jun 1978	Montgomery County, Alabama - Mary Ann Dees
Death	14 Mar 2000	Shorter, Macon County, Alabama
Burial	16 Mar 2000	Bradford Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Shorter, Macon County, Alabama

Spouse	Mary Ann Dees (1930 - )
Child	Living
Child	Living
Child	Living

Father	Henry Milton Sheppard (1874 - 1951)
Mother	Susan Emma Prather (1881 - 1962)
Sibling	Ralph Sheppard (1897 - 1972)
Sibling	Thomas Daniel Sheppard (1900 - 1984)
Sibling	Ruby Blanton Sheppard (1902 - 1949)
Sibling	Owen Archie Sheppard (1904 - 1976)
Sibling	Jewel Teresa Sheppard (1906 - 1978)
Sibling	Miller Brice Sheppard (1909 - 1980)
Sibling	Thelma Ann Sheppard (1912 - 1987)
Sibling	Mary Eugenia Sheppard (1915 - 1991)
Sibling	Marion Lofton Sheppard (1917 - 2002)
Sibling	Milton Perry Sheppard (1919 - 1994)
Sibling	Margie Sheppard (1922 - 2003)
Sibling	Nadine Sheppard (1924 - 2003)