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Name: Hughlon Rainey Sheppard
Sex: M
Birth: 14 May 1924 in D'Lo, Simpson, Mississippi, USA
Death: 4 Apr 1995 in Dillon, Dillon, South Carolina, USA
Burial: Dillon, Dillon, South Carolina, USA. ¹
Person Id: I610
Tree Id: 621079

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Parents

Father:

Emery Roberson Sheppard: Birth: 9 Jun 1898 in Braxton, Simpson, Mississippi, USA. Death: 20 Feb 1956 in Braxton, Simpson, Mississippi, USA

Mother:

Pendora Rainey: Birth: 4 Dec 1897 in Sanford, Covington, Mississippi, USA. Death: 23 May 1970 in Palestine, Anderson, Texas, USA

Family
Marriage:

Married: Jessie Alta West on 16 Jul 1947 at Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, USA.
Jessie Alta West: Birth: 27 Sep 1924 in , , Arizona, USA. Death: 20 Mar 1972 in Newhall, Los Angeles, California, USA

Children:

Family
Marriage:

Married: Mary Frances Bowman on 24 Apr 1976 at , , , USA.
Mary Frances Bowman: Birth: 10 Jul 1933 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA. Death: 20 Jan 2015 in Sellers, Marion, South Carolina, USA

Sources

1.	Title: Source Publication: Burried in Mount Holly Cemetary with Military Honors.

Notes

Note: Hughlon served in the U. S. Navy during World War II from 1943 until 1947. Part of that time was a board the U. S. S. Biloxi.
While Hughlon was in the Navy he started working with leather and became very good at it. He did all kinds of leather work, but was known for his saddles. He was also known every where as "Slim" Sheppard.
Hughlon told of hearing his mother say that as a young girl, she played a couple of instruments and the group would sit in a circle Indian Style and play for hours. The group included: family, friends and sometimes the now famous Jimmie Rogers would join them.

Note: HI610
Note: (Research):He was the son of Emory Rainey Sheppard and Dora Sheppard Sheppard, and was the husband of Mary Frances Bowman Sheppard.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II.
source:
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 December 2019), memorial page for Hughlon Rainey Sheppard (14 May 1924 4 Apr 1995), Find A Grave Memorial no. 141658421, citing Mount Holly Cemetery, Dillon, Dillon County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Just Plain Nosy (contributor 46857992) .

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