Ray Lamar Shepherd

Services for Ray Lamar Shepherd, 91, of Thomasville, are at 10 a.m., Friday, June 26, 2009, at Allen and Allen Funeral Home Chapel. Pastor Jess Stanfield will officiate and interment is in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Mr. Shepherd died June 22 at Golden Living Center. Born Sept. 13, 1917, in Thomas County, he was the son of the late Sam and Mattie Pierce Shepherd. He married Thelma Geraldine Shepherd, who preceded him in death on Sept. 22, 1996 after 57 years of marriage. He was a longtime plantation manager. Survivors sons, Martin Shepherd of Bogart and Ronald Raymond Shepherd and wife, Leslie of Miccosukee, Fla.; grandchildren, Martin Shepherd, Jr. of Bethlehem, Amy Shepherd Cook of Thomasville, Deborah Shepherd Stanfield and Stephanie Tharpe both of Macon and Delia Large-Hart of Lexington, Kentucky; great-grandchildren, Sarah Stanfield, Sydney Stanfield, Emily Stanfield, Barron Tharpe, Cutter Tharpe, Abigail Cook, Katherine Cook, Amelia Cook and Natalie Shepherd; sisters, Lois Parenti of Thomasville and Peggy Fox of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; niece, Barbara Hollowell of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; nephew, John Fox of Winston-Salem, N.C. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home on Thursday. Visitors may sign the online guest register at www.allenfh.com .