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Roy Lee Landon Shepard 1902–1978 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5, June 1902

Birth Location: Savory, Washington County Arkansas

Death Date: 6, March 1978

Death Location: Bryan County Memorial Hospital, Durant, Oklahoma

Father: Clyde Shepard

Mother: Mary Snodgrass

Spouse(s): Ruby Nees, Faye Turner

Children(s): Robert Shepard, Roy Shepard

Roy Lee Landon Shepard was born in 1902 in Savory, Washington County Arkansas, the child of Clyde Mayes Shepard And Mary Margarette Etta Snodgrass. Roy Lee Landon Shepard married Faye Turner, Ruby Elizabeth Nees, and had children including Robert Lee Shepard, Roy Edwin Ed Shepard. Roy Lee Landon Shepard passed away in 1978 in Bryan County Memorial Hospital, Durant, Oklahoma.

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Biography

  • Roy Lee Landon Shepard was born in 1902 in Savory, Washington County Arkansas, the child of Clyde Mayes Shepard And Mary Margarette Etta Snodgrass.
  • Roy Lee Landon Shepard married Faye Turner, Ruby Elizabeth Nees, and had children including Robert Lee Shepard, Roy Edwin Ed Shepard.
  • Roy Lee Landon Shepard passed away in 1978 in Bryan County Memorial Hospital, Durant, Oklahoma.

Immediate Family

Parents

Clyde Shepard
1871–1948
Birth Location: Farmington, Arkansas
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Mary Snodgrass
1877–1968
Birth Location: Prairie Grove, Washington, Arkansas, United States
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Spouses(s)

Ruby Nees
1902–1943
Birth Location: Arkansas
RN
Faye Turner
1897–1974
Birth Location: Smith County, Texas
FT

Children(s)

Robert Shepard
1922–1992
Birth Location: Wewoka, Oklahoma
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Roy Shepard
1919–1989
Birth Location: Wewoka, Oklahoma
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Roy Shepard's Ancestors

Self
Roy Shepard
1902–1978
Birth Place: Savory, Washington County Arkansas
Parents
Clyde Mayes Shepard
1871–1948
Farmington, Arkansas
Mary (Margarette Etta) Snodgrass
1877–1968
Prairie Grove, Washington, Arkansas, United States
Grandparents
James (J) Snodgrass
1848–1878
Missouri
Harriett (Emily "Nettie") Cohea
1847–1942
Washington, Arkansas, United States
Great-Grandparents
Perry Cohee
1800–
Lydia Colbert
1800–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Major Colbert
1768–1842
Diana Gunn
1770–1860

Roy Shepard's Descendants

1.
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Roy (Lee Landon) Shepard (5, June 1902–6, March 1978) m. Ruby (Elizabeth) Nees (5 July 1902–3, November 1943) m. Faye Turner (4 December 1897–30 August 1974)
  1. 1. Robert (Lee) Shepard 1922–1992
  2. 2. Roy (Edwin (Ed)) Shepard 1919–1989

Roy Shepard's Timeline

2 Records

1902
5, June 1902
Birth of Roy Lee Landon Shepard in Savory, Washington County Arkansas
Savory, Washington County Arkansas
1978
6, March 1978
Age 76
Death of Roy Lee Landon Shepard in Bryan County Memorial Hospital, Durant, Oklahoma
Bryan County Memorial Hospital, Durant, Oklahoma

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5, June 1902
    Event Place: Savory, Washington County Arkansas

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6, March 1978
    Event Place: Bryan County Memorial Hospital, Durant, Oklahoma
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