James Nolen Shepperd

1903 - 1967  (64 years)

• Name	James Nolen Shepperd
  Born	6 Oct 1903	Big Sandy, Upshur County, Texas, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Oct 1967	Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA
  Buried	14 Oct 1967	Bryan City Cemetery - Bryan, Texas, USA
  Person ID	I7573	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2023

  
  

  Family	Willie Mae Collard,   b. 27 Jul 1904, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA ,   d. 30 Apr 1995, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA  (Age 90 years)
  Married	7 Mar 1942	Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F3291	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 6 Oct 1903 - Big Sandy, Upshur County, Texas, USA Married - 7 Mar 1942 - Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA Died - 12 Oct 1967 - Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA Buried - 14 Oct 1967 - Bryan City Cemetery - Bryan, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  		James Nolen Shepperd 1936 Gladwater High School Yearbook Photo Gladewater, Texas, USA English Teacher
  		James Nolen Shepperd 1938 Gladwater High School Yearbook Photo Gladewater, Texas, USA English Teacher
  		James Nolen Shepperd 1939 Gladwater High School Yearbook Photo Gladewater, Texas, USA English Teacher
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  Documents » Slide Show		U.S. World War II Draft Card - James Nolen Shepperd Name: James Nolen Shepperd Gender: Male Race: White Age: 38 Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head) Birth Date: 6 Oct 1903 Birth Place: Big Sandy, Texas, USA Residence Place: Big Sandy, Upshur, Texas, USA Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942 Registration Place: Big Sandy, Upshur, Texas, USA Employer: Texas A&M College Height: 5' 7" Weight: 135 lbs. Complexion: Ruddy Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Blue Next of Kin: Mrs. J. R. Shepperd
  		Marriage Announcement of James Nolen Shepperd and Willie Mae Collard Published in The Bryan Daily Eagle on March 9, 1942
  		Death Certificate for James Nolen Shepperd Name: James Nolen Shepperd Gender: Male Race: Caucasian (White) Death Age: 64 Birth Date: 6 Oct 1903 Birth Place: Big Sandy, Texas Residence Date: 1967 Residence Place: Bryan, Brazos, Texas, USA Father: John Ray Shepperd Mother: Mings Certificate Number: 63333
  		Obituary of James Nolen Shepperd Published in The Bryan Daily Eagle on October 13, 1967
  		Obituary of James Nolen Shepperd Published in The Longview News-Journal on October 13, 1967
  		A&M Professor Dies on Campus Published in The Waco Times-Herald on October 13, 1967

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstone of James Nolen Shepperd Bryan City Cemetery - Bryan, Texas, USA Plot: Block 11

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: Dr. Shepperd Dr. James Nolen Shepperd, 64, assistant professor of English at Texas A&M University, died of an apparent heart attack at noon Thursday as he walked across campus. An A&M faculty member since 1941, Shepperd specialized in teaching English to foreign students. He taught a year at Allen Academy before moving to A&M. Shepperd was personal secretary to Congressman Lindley Beckworth of Gladewater in 1939. Earlier, he taught in high schools at Gladewater, Naples, and Hughes Springs. A native of Big Sandy, Shepperd earned B.A. and M.S. degrees in English at the University of Texas. He had served as counselor with Life Magazine in New York. He was active in the First Christian Church, and was a past chairman of the board. His widow, Mrs. Willie May Shepperd, is class secretary for the A&M Association of Former Students. Survivors include his widow; stepsons, Maj. William Sidney Carr of Abilene and John K. Carr of Beaumont; four brothers, Charles E. Shepperd of Bryan, Hollie H. Shepperd of Garland, Wayne Sheppperd of Longview and Norton Shepperd of Huntington Beach, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Rex Harris, Oklahoma City, Okla., and five step grand-children. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in Calloway Jones Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Jimmy Hayes of First Christian Church will conduct the services with burial in Bryan City Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Joe Glass, Jess Henton, Ralph Britton, Dr. Earl Middleton, Arlen Crouch, and Tom Davis. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the English Department at A&M. Other honorary pallbearers will be Richard Weirus, Jow Buser, Billy Pickard, Dr. Carl Lyman, L. B. Locke, Dr. T. T. Walton, O. J. Moss, G. E. Madeley, and G. E. Adams, J. B. Hervey, and E. E. McQuillan. (Published in The Bryan Daily Eagle on October 13, 1967) Obituary: J. N. Shepperd's Rites In Bryan Funeral services for J. N. Shepperd, 64, native of Big Sandy who was an English professor at A&M University for the past 25 years, will be held in the First Christian Church in Bryan at 10 a.m. Saturday. Shepperd, who was the brother of W. W. Shepperd of Longview, collapsed at noon Wednesday while he was walking across the campus with some students. He died en route to a hospital. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Shepperd, Big Sandy merchants, Shepperd had taught school in Gladewater, Hughes Springs, Naples and at Allen's Academy before becoming associated with the university. He is survived by his wife, Willie Mae Sheppard; two step- sons; a sister and three other brothers. (Published in The Longview News-Journal on October 13, 1967)