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Obituary Online notes for Charlie Paul SHEPHERD
JULIAN -- Mr. C. Paul Shepherd, 60, died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2005, at his residence in Julian.
The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at Macedonia Baptist Church with the Rev. Jack Livingston and the Rev. Lynne Hinton officiating. Burial will follow at Gilmore Memorial Park.
Mr. Shepherd attended Nathanael Greene School, graduated from Southeast High School, was a sergeant in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War and retired from the Liberty Police Department, where he served as police chief.
He was currently employed at the Julian Post Office and Ray's Auction, a member of Mt. Hope UCC., a member of the GARR Amateur Radio Club (WA4LGX) and a member of the American Legion Post 81.
He was born on May 3, 1945, in Guilford Co., to the late Howard Deroy and Charlie Pearl Sharpe Shepherd.
He is survived by his wife, Helen Coble Shepherd; sons, Tony and wife Tina Shepherd, Randy and wife Trisha Shepherd, all of Julian; brother the Rev. Banks Shepherd and wife Eulene of Lexington; sisters, Frances Matkins and husband Harlin of Springfield, Va., Betty J. Clary and husband Glenn of Wendell; several nieces and nephews, and four grandchildren whom Pawpaw loved dearly, Chris, Brittney, Sabrina and Hannah Shepherd. 470, Charlie Paul Shepherd