Charlotte Louise (Whisner) Sheppard           February 4, 1936 - October 22, 2017

Charlotte Louise Sheppard, 81, of Berkeley Springs, died Sunday, October 22, 2017 at War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs. Born February 4, 1936 in Great Cacapon, she was the daughter of the late Raymond T. and Nellie A. Smith Whisner. She was a member of Berkeley Springs Church of the Nazarene. She was a 1955 graduate of Berkeley Springs High School. She was a homemaker all her life. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Donald Herbert Sheppard, Sr., at home; children, Connie Brody, Hedgesville, Donald Sheppard, Jr., Gettysburg, Pa., Dennis Sheppard, Buckhannon, Darren Sheppard, Berkeley Springs and Dale Sheppard, Fayetteville, Pa.; two sisters, Betty Spitzer, Berkeley Springs and Faun Sipes, Greencastle, Pa.; 15 grandchildren, Tesa Brody-Wrye, Shawn Sheppard, Justin Sheppard, Michael Sheppard, Morgan McDonald, Samuel Sheppard, Ryan Sheppard, Amber Sheppard, Leah Miller, Jessica Sheppard, Elizabeth Corolis, Beverly Howarth, Tiffany Handy, Steven Sheppard and Daniel Sheppard; six great-grandchildren; three step greatgrandchildren and many nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Lavada Zielor and Hazel Hofe and five brothers, Meredith, Oliver, Levi, Denver and Noel Whisner. Graveside services will be conducted at 1 p.m. on Friday, October 27 at Mt. Nebo Cemetery, 791 Nebo Road, Great Cacapon with Pastor Rodney C. Truax and Rev. Dr. Kathy Spitzer officiating. Arrangements are by Helsley Johnson Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 95 Union Street, Berkeley Springs. --Morgan Messenger, October 25, 2017, p.8