Obituary: Juanice Childress Sheppard Herr, November 13, 2011

Contributed by Brenda Scott Hines
Oct 2014
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The Observer/Enterprise, Coke County, TX - Friday, November 25, 2011

HERR
  
Juanice Childress Sheppard Herr, 77, of Olive Branch, Mississippi, passed 
away peacefully after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease surrounded 
by her loved ones on Sunday, November 13, 2011.  

Juanice was born in Sanco, Texas, on June 19, 1934, and attended schools in 
Robert Lee, Texas. She married her first husband, Roland Jerome(Romie) Sheppard, 
and they became the parents of three children-a daughter, Rebecca, and two 
sons, Danny and Kenny. She was 30 years old when she lost Romie in a one-car 
accident.  Sometime later, she met and married Leonard Herr, a career Air Force 
man, who was stationed at Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, Texas, and they were 
married for over 45 years.  

She is survived by her husband, Leonard Herr, of Olive Branch, Mississippi; 
daughter, Rebecca Sheppard Molpus(John)of Collierville, Tennessee; grandchildren, 
Karen Molpus Aiken (Aaron) and John Clark Molpus of Collierville, Tennessee; 
and great grandchildren Lillian Rebecca Aiken and William Henry Aiken. 
She also leaves her sisters, Bonita Copeland Cartrite (Allan) of Robert Lee, 
Texas, and Carolyn Childress Braswell (Eddie) of College Station, Texas.
 
She was preceded  in death by her parents Melvin and Essie Childress of 
Robert Lee, Texas, her first husband, Roland Jerome Sheppard and 
Kenny Morris Sheppard.
 
Juanice's family celebrated her life on Thursday, November 17, 2011, at 10am 
at Robert Lee Baptist Church. Burial followed at the Robert Lee Cemetery under 
the direction of Shaffer Funeral Home. Memorials may be given to the Robert 
Lee Baptist Church, the Alzheimers Association, or Baptist Trinity Hospice 
of Collierville, Tennessee.

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