Rev. Alice L. Sheppard    

   Born May 26, 1926       Died  Nov. 1, 2002

Mother Was Many Things To Many People

  1 Corinthians 9:22: "To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.”

To her children she was a gentle Gibraltar.

To our Dad she was a devoted Tower of Strength.

 To her many friends she was a reassuring City of Refuge.

To the Saints of God she was a shining City set on a Hill

She, at once, was tender and tough ,velvet and steel

She was a simple student, a bastion of truth

She was a humble lamb, a protective lioness

She was a servant, who served extraordinarily

No one ever cared more deeply

Sacrificed more completely

Loved more perfectly

Than she

Her sons and daughters are proud to bear the imprint of her character. They are a reflection of her life, her love, her faith.  Her children are her most eloquent eulogy.

H. L. Sheppard

3 minute Eulogy for my Mother

(Alice Lavern Sheppard)

Sunday November 3, 2002