Lawrence, Ma. – Sylvia A. (carter) Sheppard, 72, died Tuesday at Sunbridge Of Wood Mill.
Mrs. Sheppard was born in Andover, Sylvia A. Carter daughter of Alfred and Jeanne (Tisbert) Carter and resided in the greater Lawrence area for the greater part of her life.
She was a patron of both Music and Television.
Survivors include her husband Robert Sheppard. One son Joseph R. Martin, Jr. and daughters; Laurie Van Tuyl formerly of Dracut, and Susan Kenny of Amherst, NH, her sister and brother Joan Carter Caston of Methuen, and Alfred Carter of North Carolina, 8 grandchildren Christine, Amy, Stephen, Lacey, Amanda, Bobbi Jo, Colton, and Courtney, and two greatgrandchildren Hayden, and Carson, and many nieces and nephews.
At the request of the family funeral services will be private.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Kenneth H. Pollard Funeral Home, Inc. 233 Lawrence Street in Methuen.