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Margaret Z. (Maggie) (Barrington) Shepherd

Posted 2017-11-05 by Judy Wight Branson
The Daily Current-Argus, Carlsbad, New Mexico
Tuesday, November 23, 1943, page 1

Mrs. Shepherd's Rites Held Today

Funeral for Mrs. C.W. Shepherd, prominent Carlsbad woman, who died
Monday morning at her home, 901 North Canal Street, was held this
afternoon at the West Chapel with the Rev. William S. Dando,
minister of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial was
in the Carlsbad Cemetery.

Mrs. Shepherd, who had been ill several months, was born in Fort
Smith, Arkansas, on October 20, 1876. She was prominent in Carlsbad
social life and was well known throughout the Pecos Valley.

The family lived at Roswell 31 years and came to Carlsbad about 12
years ago when Mr. Shepherd became president of the Carlsbad Auto
Company.

Mrs. Shepherd is survived by her husband; three daughters, Mrs. Dean
R. Wait of Carlsbad, Mrs. J.D. Hunter of Midland, Texas, and Mrs.
A.E. Russ of Robstown, Texas; four grandchildren, Johnny and Charles
Hunter, Mrs. David McBurnett and Staff Sgt. A.E. Russ, Jr.; and two
sisters, Mrs. Mary E. Lasher of Cottonwood, Ariz., and Mrs. C.L.
Fenny of Council Grove, Kas.

Pallbearers at the rites were H.M. Felts, James Farrell, Joseph
Wertheim, Howell Gage, E.L. Fulton and John R. Joyce.

Transcriber's note: Mrs. Shepherd was married in and once lived in
Prescott, Arizona.




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