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Goldie Shepherd Obituary
WARRENSVILLE - Mrs. Goldie Blanche Eller Shepherd, 83, died, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2003, at Ashe Memorial Hospital. The Rev. Jim Greer and the Rev. Jimmy Francis will hold the funeral service at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2003, at Boone Family Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Ashelawn Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 this evening, Aug. 19, 2003, the funeral home. Mrs. Shepherd was born in Ashe County on Thursday, Oct. 30, 1919, to Henry Lee Eller and Pearl DeBoard Eller. She was a homemaker. She is survived by three sons, Leon Shepherd and wife, Sandy, of Warrensville, Lewis Shepherd and wife, Kathy, of Jefferson and Jim Shepherd and wife, Lois, of Warrensville; five daughters, Myrna Phillips and husband, Bruce, and Myrtle Carlton and husband, Wayne, all of Winston-Salem, Kathryn Barr and husband, Ray, of Lansing, Pat Campbell and husband of Warrensville and Lynn Shepherd of Durham; a sister, Mary Woodie of Greensboro; 11 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Flowers are accepted. Condolences to the family may be made at the Web site, www.boonefuneralhome.com. Boone Family Funeral Home in West Jefferson is in charge of these arrangements.
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P Stewart
August 21, 2003
MYRLE,
IT WAS GOOD TALKING TO YOU FOR A SECOND TONIGHT. I WAS SO SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR MOM. THIS HAS NOT BEEN A VERY HAPPY WEEK. WE BURIED GARYS 18 YEAR OLD COUSIN YESTERDAY. WE WILL BE PRAYING FOR YOU AND I WILL TRY TO LET PEOPLE AT GRIFFITH KNOW.
Arianne Hemric
August 21, 2003
Myrna,
Please accept our deepest and heartfelt sympathies. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Johnny, Arianne and Shannon Hemric
Yvetta Glenn
August 19, 2003
Myrna, our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family...may God continue to keep and strenghten you and your family during this time of bereavement.
Love,
Yvetta & Tim Glenn
Martha Smith
August 19, 2003
Dear Myrna,
I miss you so BAD!!!! I am so sorry about loosing your Mom, I know she is at peace and in a better place. She must have been a dynamite little lady, because she gave birth to a wonderful person and that would be you! I am thinking about you and praying for peace and comfort in your heart.
Love ya bunches,
Martha Smith
Diane Warren
August 19, 2003
My thoughts and prays are with you and your family
Love,
Diane & Lloyd Warren
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