Graveside services for Ruth Ivy Shepherd, 93, of Beaumont will be 2:30pm Saturday, October 20, 2012 at Resthaven Cemetery in Silsbee. Visitation will be Saturday, October 20, 2012 from 12:30 to 2:00pm at R.S. Farmer Funeral Home.
Mrs. Shepherd was born in Cold Springs Texas August 19, 1919 and was a former resident of Warren and Silsbee and was a long time resident of Collier Park in Beaumont.
Her great joy was her family and she took great pride in their accomplishments. The friends and family who shared her generous meals, the products of her gardens and her enthusiasm for the critters and plants with which she surrounded herself, have been given wonderful memories to cherish.
Mrs. Shepherd was a retired school teacher from Warren School District.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Guilford C. Shepherd, daughter, Sarah Ann Shepherd and grandson, Walter LeBoulanger.
Survivors include, children, Janis Wood, Bill Shepherd and wife Barbara, Bobby Jo Clawson and husband John and Mary LeBoulanger; ten grandchildren, twenty one great grandchildren and dog Molly