Husband: Oda Alf Shepherd
Born: Apr-24-1916 1,2,3 (see note 1)
Died: Jan-26-1994 in Lumberton, Robeson Co, NC 2,3
Buried: in North Carolina 2
Resided: in Lumberton, Robeson Co, NC 4
Census: 1940 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1935 at Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 5
Census: 1930 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
Military: (enlisted 8/16/1940) U.S. Army, World War II 6
Father: Creed Collins Shepherd (1873 - 1941)
Mother: Ida Bell Pyles (1883 - 1981)
Wife: Ruby Waneta Pierce
Married: Nov- 6-1935 in Doddridge Co, WV 5
Born: Feb-22-1917 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5,3
Died: Apr-15-2003 3
Buried: in Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV 7,8
Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5,4
Census: 1920, 1930, 1940 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: A & P grocery employee 7
Father: Walter James Pierce (1878 - 1945)
Mother: Nora Gay Reed (1885 - 1968)
Other spouse 2
M Child 1: Living Wife: Living
Sources: (1) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (2) North Carolina Death Indexes, 1908-2004 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, NC Center for Health Statistics, NC Vital Records, NC State Archives. (3) Social Security Death Index. (4) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (5) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (6) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (7) Obituary. (8) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) Event Notes Note (1) Birthplace given in marriage record as Ritchie County, but WV Birth Index indicates Tyler County.