Larry Sheppard

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR LARRY D. SHEPPARD, 64, ARE SCHEDULED FOR 2P.M., TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2010 AT SHEPPARD CHAPEL OF MEMORIES WITH BRO. WAYNE SAGE AND BRO. THOMAS EDWARDS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE AT THE OAKHILL CEMETERY IN LAMPASAS, WITH BRO. JACK RILEY OFFICIATING. VISITATION WILL BE 6PM - 8PM MONDAY EVEING APRIL 12, AT THE SHEPPARD FUNERAL HOME IN COPPERAS COVE. HE WAS BORN MARCH 12, 1946 IN SAN SABA, TEXAS TO THE UNION OF BEASON D. SHEPPARD AND EDDIE CLEO MUNSELL SHEPPARD. HE MARRIED PHYLLIS MARIE BASHAM AT ST. PAUL METHODIST CHURCH ON FEBRUARY 18, 1967 IN BRECKENRIDGE, TEXAS.� THEY HAD BEEN MARRIED 43 YEARS, 1 MONTH AND 21 DAYS. HE WAS A LICENSED FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBLAMER AND OWNED AND OPERATED SEVERAL FUNERAL HOMES FOR 42 YEARS IN THE WEST AND CENTRAL TEXAS AREAS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE EASTSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH, AND HAD SERVED AS A DEACON AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN SAN SABA. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE LION'S CLUB AND A FORMER COPPERAS COVE CITY COUNCILMAN. LOVING FAMILY WIFE, PHYLLIS B. SHEPPARD OF COPPERAS COVE, TEXAS SON, CODY D. SHEPPARD AND JOLENE ALEXANDER OF LOMETA, TEXAS SON, BRADLEY D. SHEPPARD AND HIS WIFE HOLLY OF TEMPLE, TEXAS TWO GRANDCHILDREN: KENNETH JACOB SHEPPARD OF SAN SABA, TEXAS KRISTEN DEANN SHEPPARD OF SAN SABA, TEXAS HIS BELOVED SHELTIE, CLASSIE CLYDE BROTHER, CHARLES R. SHEPPARD AND HIS WIFE MARY OF CRANE, TEXAS BROTHER, B.D. SHEPPARD, AND HIS WIFE CAROLYN OF ABILENE, TEXAS NIECE, NIKKI SHEPPARD OF TEXAS CITY, TEXAS NIECE, JANA BACKFISCH AND HER HUSBAND DENNIS OF ABILENE, TEXAS NEPHEW, JOHN MARK SHEPPARD OF ABILENE, TEXAS GREAT-NIECE, BRITNI WATKINS AND HER HUSBAND FLOYD OF CLYDE, TEXAS BROTHER IN LAW, CODY PHILLIP BASHAM AND HIS WIFE ZANDRA OF LONE TREE, COLORADO NIECE, MICHELE BASHAM LAMBERTSON AND HER HUSBAND CURT OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS NIECE, STACY BASHAM WAGNER AND HER HUSBAND BOB OF DE RIDDER, LOUISIANA GREAT-NEPHEW, JACK MAY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS GREAT-NEPHEW, ZANE WAGNER OF DE RIDDER, LOUISIANA PALLBEARERS: DANNY WAYNE SHAW, DWAYNE SHAW, LARRY SHIVENER, HAL HARTON, ROBBY WEATHERBY AND JAY MANNING. HONORARY PALLBEARERS: TOMMY HARKEY, TRAVIS HERRING, MIKE POE, BUSTER WELLS AND JACK DICKISON. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, EDDIE AND B.D. SHEPPARD AND ONE NIECE MITZI LEE SHEPPARD.