Benny Lee Sheppard

Published 3:09 pm Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Mr. Benny Lee Sheppard, 87, of Tryon, North Carolina, died Nov. 17, 2018, at hospice of the Carolina Foothills, Landrum, South Carolina.

Mr. Sheppard was a native of Newberry, South Carolina, and was the son of the late Wade Hampton Sheppard and the late Pastor Zenobia Sheppard. He was honorably discharged from the United States Army Nov. 7, 1958. 

He leaves to cherish fond and loving memories his beloved wife, Mrs. Joan B. Sheppard of Tryon; six children, Benny A. Sheppard, Calvin Sheppard, Minister Yvonne Tyler, Veronica Sheppard, Nehemiah J. Sheppard and Angela (Danny) Williams; one sister, Mrs. Emma S. Jackson; and a host of grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 21, at Full Proof Ministries, 199 Jackson St., Tryon. Burial will be in Good Shepherd Church Cemetery, Tryon.

Cannon and Sons Mortuary, Landrum