Shepherd, Oscar Neal

1892 - 1975  (83 years)

• Name	Shepherd, Oscar Neal
  Born	7 Jan 1892	Honey Grove, Fannin County, Texas, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	9 Jan 1975	Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA
  Buried	Resthaven Memorial Park - Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA
  Person ID	I3560	Coursey-Sansing Tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Family	Carrell, Mary Jane,   b. 18 May 1895, Texas, USA ,   d. 12 Nov 1966, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Married	8 Sep 1912	Cooper, Delta County, Texas, USA
  Children	1. Shepherd, Oscar Lowell (Bottles),   b. 9 Sep 1917, Cooper, Delta County, Texas, USA ,   d. 17 Jan 1968, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA  (Age 50 years)   2. Shepherd, Lillian Maurine,   b. 18 Feb 1919, Milam, Delta County, Texas, USA ,   d. 18 Feb 2002, Littlefield, Lamb County, Texas, USA  (Age 83 years)   3. Shepherd, James Neal,   b. 21 Oct 1920, Cooper, Delta County, Texas, USA ,   d. 12 Dec 1998, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas, USA  (Age 78 years)   4. Shepherd, Mary Lee   5. Shepherd, Doyle Taylor,   b. 12 Feb 1926, Lake Creek, Delta County, Texas, USA ,   d. 28 Jan 2005, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020
  Family ID	F1617	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary   SWEETWATER -- The Rev. Neal Shepherd, 78, longtime Big Country supply and interim pastor, died Saturday in a local hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Sweetwater First Baptist Church with the Revs. Cecil Deadman, Keith Clifton and Malcolm Brown, and Dr. Joel McCoy officiating. Burial will be in Sweetwater Cemetery, directed by Cate-Spencer & Trent Funeral Home. Rev. Shepherd was born in Cooper and served with the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He was a Baptist minister for 41 years until retiring in the mid-1980s and, during his tenure, either was a supply or interim pastor, or guest speaker at 138 churches that were a part of the Big Country Baptist Assembly. He also was a camp manager at the B.C.B.A. in Lueders for 14 years. He was a member of First Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Emogene Shepherd of Sweetwater; two daughters, Carolyn Shamblin of Lubbock and Betty Davis of Sweetwater; one brother, Doyle Shepherd of Lubbock; two sisters, Maurine Harlan of Littlefield and Mary Lee Taylor of Arab, Ala.; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Memorials may be sent to American Heart Association, P.O. Box 405, Sweetwater 79556; and First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1258, Sweetwater 79556. Published in The Abilene Reporter (Abilene, TX) on December 13, 1998.