Mildred Louthan "Peggy" Shepherd

SHEPHERD, Mrs. Mildred "Peggy" Louthan, 92, formerly of Fredericksburg, Va., Gloucester, Va. and Richmond, Va., departed this life Monday, September 14, 2009 at her son's home in South Boston, Va. She was born in Richmond, Va., December 31, 1916, to the late Frank G. Louthan and Mildred M. Louthan. Mrs. Shepherd graduated from Westhampton College of the University of Richmond in 1937. She taught school in Richmond and in Gloucester County, Va., where she and her husband had moved in 1954. During her 41 years as a Gloucester resident, she was a Cub Scout Den Mother, American Red Cross volunteer, Children's Home Society representative, PTA member and officer (she was awarded a PTA life membership), a 4-H Leader for 25 years, and a member of the DAR and the Gloucester Historical Society. Mrs. Shepherd was a member of Abingdon Episcopal Church for 55 years. She attended Ferry Farm Baptist Church while living in Fredericksburg. Mrs. Shepherd was a devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, and was a "BIG" sports fan, especially of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren's sports. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Thomas "Dick" Shepherd. She is survived by a daughter, Almeda S. Clements of Fredericksburg, Va.; two sons, R. Thomas "Tom" Shepherd Jr. and his wife, Virginia Bogart, of South Boston and Harry W.L. "Pete" Shepherd of Gloucester; six grand-children and seven great-grandchildren; and one brother, Frank G. Louthan Jr. and his wife, Marilyn, of Richmond. Funeral services for Mrs. Shepherd will be held Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 2 p.m. at Abingdon Episcopal Church in Gloucester. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Andrews Funeral Home in Gloucester. Memorials may be made to Abingdon Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 82, White Marsh, Va. 23183.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.