James Sheppard

JAMES HOWARD (BIG OOP) SHEPPARD, 73, OF ALUM CREEK FORMERLY OF MT. GAY WENT HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2007 AT HOME WITH HIS FAMILY AT HIS BEDSIDE AFTER FIGHTING A LONG AND COURAGEOUS BATTLE WITH CANCER. HE WAS BORN JANUARY 24, 1934 IN LOGAN . HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE HOWARD AND VIVIAN SHEPHERD. JAMES WAS A 1951 KOREAN WAR VETERAN AND A RETIRED COAL MINER. HE WAS OF THE BABTIST FAITH. THOSE PRECEDING HIM IN DEATH WAS HIS LOVING WIFE OF 40 YEARS, VENA L. SHEPHERD. TWO SON'S RONNIE AND MIKE SHEPHERD, AND A PRECIOUS INFANT GRAND-DAUGHTER, MISTY SHEPHERD. ALSO PRECEDING HIM IN DEATH WAS HIS THREE BROTHERS, FRANK SHEPHERD, OF FLA. TRACY SHEPHERD OF INDIANA AND SIDNEY SHEPHERD OF KENTUCKY . THOSE LEFT TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY INCLUDE HIS THREE DAUGHTERS; WANDA SHEPHERD WITH WHOM HE MADE HIS HOME, VIVIAN(BOB) HAGER OF WHITMAN AND MICHELLE (DARREN) GORE OF MUD FORK. HIS SONS; WHITEY (BRENDA) SHEPHERD OF INDIANA, LARRY (KRISTEN) SHEPHERD OF ALUM CREEK, TERRY(DELLA) SHEPHERD OF MUD FORK, KENNY(CONNIE) SHEPHERD OF INDIANA AND DANIAL (CINDY) SHEPHERD OF WEST LOGAN. HE ALSO LEFT BEHIND TWO LOVING SISTERS WHOM HE CHERISHED VERY MUCH, BETTY COOK OF INDIANA AND LINDA (HALEY) LESTER ALSO OF INDIANA . HIS BROTHERS, CARL (ROSE) SHEPHERD OF INDIANA AND JOHN (SHERLL) SHEPHERD OF FLA. HE ALSO LEFT BEHIND TWENTY-TWO GRANDCHILDREN AND NINE GREAT-GRAND-CHILDREN AND A HOST OF NEICES AND NEPHEWS AND A VERY SPECIAL FRIEND, VIVIAN GIBSON OF DEMPSEY BRANCH AND TOO MANY FRIEND'S TO COUNT. HE MAY BE GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTEN. HE WILL BE SADLY MISSED BY EVERYONE WHO KNEW HIM. VISITATION WILL BE FROM 6:00 P.M. UNTIL 9:00 P.M. SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2007 AT JAMES FUNERAL HOME. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE AT 1:00 P.M. MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2007 WITH REV. JAMES SPROUSE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN FOREST LAWN CEMETERY AT PECKS MILL. PALLBEARERS WILL BE; BRIAN JOHNSON, BOBBY HAGER, HUNKY SHEPHERD, TERRY SHEPHERD, HARMON FRYE AND TYRONE HUNT. HONONARY PALLBEARERS WILL BE; DANIAL (TUCK) SHEPHERD, JOSH ADAMS, CLAUDE HALL, LEROY TOLER, CARLOS JUSTICE AND GLEN WOODS. CONDOLENCES MAY BE LEFT AT WWW.JAMESFH.COM. JAMES FUNERAL HOME OF ARACOMA IS IN CHARGE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS.