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Obituary: James Ira Shepherd, 78, United States Marine

Mr. Shepherd was a retired serviceman, a veteran of WWII, Korea, Vietnam. Graveside services at Tarter Cemetery with military honors by VFW Post 6097

James Ira Shepherd, 78, of 509 Hutchison Loy Road Columbia, KY, passed away Monday, November 20, 2006, at 8:31pm CT, at Westlake Regional Hospital Emergency Room Columbia, KY.

Graveside service will be Wednesday, November 22, 2006, at 2:00pm CT, at Tarter Cemetery, Millerfield Road, Russell Springs, with burial to follow. Bro. J. Richard Lehman will be the officiating clergy.


Military honors at Cemetery will be by local Columbia VFW Post 6097.

He was the son of the late Seathy White and Gertrude Ann Holt Shepherd.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Juana Deloris Blakeman Shepherd. on April 8, 1975.

He is survived by the following:
  • A special friend, Frances Harmon, Columbia, KY

  • One son and one daughter: John Shepherd and Jamie

  • Four sisters: Margaret Griffin and Audrey Pike, both of Russell Springs, KY; Louise Harden, Columbia, KY; and Agnes Beard of Jamestown, KY

  • Two brothers: Gerald Shepherd, Columbia, KY; and Allen Shepherd, Idaho
He was preceded in death by one sister and one brother: Gladys Elaine Roy and Robert Shepherd.

He was retired from the U.S. Marine Corps, a veteran of World War II, Korean Conflict and Vietnam.

There will be no public visitation at the funeral home.

Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home, 210 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY, is in charge of funeral arrangements.

Click here to view this obituary and sign the guestbook online at the Stotts-Phelps-McQueary-Funeral Home website.
This obituary was made possible through the support of Stotts-Phelps-McQueary Funeral Home, established in 1922, located at 210 Greensburg Street in Columbia. To reach Louis and Brenda McQueary and Richard and Mary Beth Phelps, phone 270-384-2145, or call our 24-hour community obituary information line, 384-6999. E-mail: stottspm@alltel.net. Website URL: http://www.stottsphelpsmcquearyfh.com Friends you trust, caring for people you love.


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