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CARL HURLEY SHEPPARD


May 4, 1944 - Sept. 30, 2005


From The Bakersfield Californian, October, 2005

Thank you, Mildred Tatum, for providing this obituary!


Carl Hurley Sheppard

Wake services will be held on Friday, October 7, 2005 for Carl H. Sheppard at Greenlawn Southwest Memorial Chapel, 2739 Panama Lane, at 6:00 and church services will be held on Saturday morning, October 8, 2005, at St. John's Missionary Baptist Church, at 10:00 a.m.

The pearly gates of heaven opened for Carl Hurley Sheppard on Friday, September 30, 2005, at 12:03 a.m.; Another child of God gone home. He was born on May 4, 1944, in Bristow, Oklahoma to the late Sherry and Juanita Sheppard.

Carl accepted Christ at an early age, baptized by Pastor Isaac Chandler at the Church of God. He rededicated his life to God, prior to his home going. We loved him but God loved him more!

He was employed in the construction industry from 1965-1971. In 1971, Carl became a Correctional Officer and was employed by the following prisons: Tehachapl, Soledad, and Susanville. He was promoted to Correctional Lieutenant and took a position at CRC in Corona; he became Camp Commander at Francisquito in Valencia, CA. He ended his career with The Department of Corrections at North Kern State Prison in Delano. Carl loved his job and enjoyed sharing his experiences with anyone who gave him a listening ear, young or old.

Carl was preceded in death by his mother, Juanita; father, Sherry; two brothers, Alfred and Sherry; two nephews, Jacob and Isaac. He will be missed dearaly by his loving wife, Gloria; two sons, Steven and Carl Jr.; 3 brothers, Larry, Calvin (Rebecca), Ivery (Nia), all of Bakersfield, CA; 6 sisters, Marie (Don) Cole of Sacramento, CA; Geraldine (Edward) Hughey of Bakersfield, CA; Karen Sheppard-Williams (Carl) of Las Vegas, Nevada; Cheryl Sheppard of Suisun, CA, Ruthie (Daryl) Jones and Myra (Gregory) Jackson, all of Bakersfield, CA.

Visitation will be held Friday, October 7th, in the Greenlawn Southwest Memorial Chapel, from 12:00 p.m. to 8 p.m..

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