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About Joseph William Sheppard:

SHEPPARD, Sr., Joseph William of Austin. Age 69. Died 11/24/1965. Services held (Friday) from the Condra Memorial Chapel, Taylor. Burial in Salty Cemetery near Thorndale. Rev. Ralph Jones of Austin officiated. Nephews served as pallbearers.

He was BORN 1/29/1896 and known as Joe. He was a former resident of the Thorndale Comm. having bought the J.W. Jackson farm about 8 miles south of town in 4/1943, previously lived in Waco and 5 yrs. in Hereford before moving to Thorndale where he lived for 25 yrs. and had been living in Austin where he operated a restaurant from 1947 until retirement on 7/1/1965. Member of the Northwest Baptist Church of Austin, veteran of WW-1. Married Miss Stella Jackson on 8/14/1921. Preceded in death by a daughter.

SURVIVORS: Wife, Stella Sheppard; daughter, Mrs. Mildred Peterson of Austin; son, J.W. Sheppard, Jr. of Sarasota, FL.; 3 sisters, Mrs. Bennie Mundine of Tanglewood, Mrs. A.A. Logan, Sr. of Dallas and Mrs. Katy Bell Hanks of Austin and 2 grandsons, Kirk and James Peterson of Austin.

United States Census, 1930
Name Joe W Shepherd
Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States
Gender Male
Age 34
Marital Status Married
Race White
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Birth Year (Estimated) 1896
Birthplace Texas
Father's Birthplace Louisiana
Mother's Birthplace Louisiana
Joe W Shepherd Head M 34 Texas, manager, cafe
Stella Shepherd Wife F 27 Texas
Mildred Shepherd Daughter F 5 Texas
Joseph Shepherd Son M 0 Texas

United States Census, 1940
Name Joe W Sheppard
Hereford, Commissioner's Precinct 2, Deaf Smith, Texas, United States
Gender Male
Age 44
Marital Status Married
Race White
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Birthplace Texas
Birth Year (Estimated) 1896
Last Place of Residence Waco, Mclennan, Texas
Joe W Sheppard Head M 44 Texas, proprietor, cafe
Stella Sheppard Wife F 36 Texas, cashier, cafe
Mildred Sheppard Daughter F 15 Texas
Joe Sheppard Son M 10 Texas
Joy G Vaught Roomer M 20 Texas, machine operator, picture show
William R Able Roomer M 46 Delaware, dish washer, cafe

About Stella Jackson:

SHEPPARD, Stella Jackson of Austin. Age 80. Died 1/20/1984 (Friday). Services held (Monday) in the Colonial Chapel of Cook-Walden Fuineral Home in Austin. Burial in Salty Cemetery south of Thorndale. Dr. Billy Burke officiated.

She was BORN 3/4/1903, reared in the Salty Comm., daughter of the M/M. John Jackson. Married to Joe Sheppard, who preceded her in death. She was a member of the Northwest Baptist Church of Austin.

SURVIVORS: Daughter, Mildred Peterson of Austin; 2 brothers, Andrew Jackson of Austin and Clifford Jackson of Sarasota, FL.; 5 sisters, Bernice Owen and Esther Taylor, both of Austin, Maureen McCoy of Taylor, Thelma Bynum of Tyler, Belle Jones of Orangefield; 2 grandsons, Kirk Peterson of San Angelo and James Peterson of Austin; 3 great-grandchildren.

About Iris Alyne Sheppard:

Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Iris Alyne Sheppard
Birth Date: 11 Oct 1922
Birth Place: Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Father: J H Sheppard
Mother: Stella Jackson
Age at Death: 7
Death Date: 23 Nov 1929
Death Place: Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA