Obituary of Ervin Harper Shepherd -- 1998

Contributed by Jeanette Corcoran

Transcribed by Christine Fuller





May 28,1998?
Ervin Harper Shepherd,70,of 1897 Greene Haynes Road died May 27 at Lenoir Memorial 
Hospital.Shepherd was a retired carpenter.He was the arthur of the book "Hilarious 
Life of Private Shepherd".He was a member of the Revival Mission Church where he 
served as a deacon and a gospel singer.He served in the U.S.Army during World War
II in Germany and France.Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday at Garner 
Funeral Home chapel in Kinston with the Rev.Marion Humphrey and the Rev.Norman Boy-
ette officiating.Interment will follow at Pinelawn Memorial Park.Survivers include 
his wife Julia Sandlin Shepherd of the home;seven daughters,Rose Marie Nichols of 
Georgia,Georgia Hudler of the home,Linda Johnson,Carol Henderson and Tammy Lane,--
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