Mrs. Pearl C. Shepherd, 88, of Fitzgerald, Georgia died Sunday, June 19, 2011 at Gwinnett Extended Care Center in Lawrenceville, Georgia.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, June 21, 2011, at West Side Baptist Church with the Rev. Robert McDearmid and the Rev. Jimmy Cargle officiating. Interment will follow in Bethel Cemetery, Turner County. Visitation will be held 7-9 Monday evening at the funeral home.
Mrs. Shepherd was born April 29, 1923 in Turner County, Georgia to the late Homer Lee and Linnie Parks Copeland. She lived in Fitzgerald most of her life moving to Eastman in 2006 and then to Gwinnett County in 2008. Mrs. Shepherd was a former employee of Fitzgerald Mills, the Ben Hill County Hospital and retired from Fitzgerald Underwear. She was an avid supporter of the Atlanta Braves and she loved to crochet. Mrs. Shepherd was a member of West Side Baptist Church.
She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law: Thomas & Linda Shepherd of Dacula; two grandchildren: Anna Shepherd and Jay Shepherd; 5 great grandchildren; sisters and brother-in-law: Lenora Mayo of Senoia and Jeanette & Hubert Dickerson of Irwin County as well as several nieces and nephews. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jessie Thomas Shepherd, four brothers and two sisters.