Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Birthbef Apr 20, 1926, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Lonnie E. Shepherd Jr.
DeathApr 20, 2011, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Lonnie E. Shepherd Jr.
BurialAlamance Memorial Park, 4039 S Church St, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Lonnie E. Shepherd Jr.
FlagsUS Military, World War II
FatherLonnie Edwin SHEPHERD Sr. (1886-1933)
MotherMaggie Lee TERRELL (1889-1947)
Spouses
BirthDec 10, 1929, Alamance County, North Carolina470, Mabel Terrell Shepherd
DeathJul 13, 1984, Orange County, North Carolina470, Mabel Terrell Shepherd,3, Lonnie E. Shepherd Jr.
BurialAlamance Memorial Park, 4039 S Church St, Alamance County, North Carolina470, Mabel Terrell Shepherd
ChildrenShirley (1948-2020)
Obituary Online notes for Lonnie Edwin SHEPHERD Jr.
4/21/2011

Lonnie E. Shepherd Jr.
   GRAHAM — Mr. Lonnie E. Shepherd Jr., 85, of 146 Apt. C, West Crescent Square Drive, Graham, died at 1:40 a.m. Wednesday, April 20, 2011, at the Hospice Home.

   A native of Alamance County, he was husband of the late Mable Terrell Shepherd and son of the late Lonnie Edwin Shepherd Sr. and Maggie Terrell Shepherd. He served as a Marine during World War II in the South Pacific and was a member of Landmark Baptist Church in Burlington.

   Surviving are three daughters, Shirley Summers of the home, Pat Money of Burlington and Debbie Maness of Elon; three sons, Eddie Shepherd III and wife Jeanette, Jerry Shepherd and wife Brenda and Billy Shepherd, all of Burlington; 16 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and a special friend of many years, Margaret Allison.

   He was preceded in death by a daughter, Becky Bowling; a son, Mike Shepherd; a granddaughter, Abbey Glosson; five sisters; and three brothers.

   Graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 22, at Alamance Memorial Park with the Rev. David Jackson and the Rev. Jonathan Graves officiating.

   The family will receive friends at the Rich & Thompson Funeral Home and Crematory in Graham from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday prior to the service and at other times at the residence of a granddaughter, Gena Bradsher, 2048 Fairfield Drive, Burlington.

   Memorials may be made to Hospice & Palliative Care of Alamance-Caswell, 914 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington, NC. 27215.

   Online condolences may be sent at
www.richandthompson.com 3, Lonnie E. Shepherd Jr.
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