"North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHP5-GQP : 8 December 2014), Loyd Shepherd, 22 Sep 1923; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 4, p. 185, Macon, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3QM-PZQ : accessed 14 July 2023), Loyd R Shepherd in household of Luther Shepherd, Cowee, Macon, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 12A, line 18, family 224, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1704; FHL microfilm 2,341,438.
"United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:KW39-TQX : Wed Jul 12 20:51:16 UTC 2023), Entry for Luther D Shepard and Ethel Shepard, 1940.
"United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6X11-YR29 : Thu Jul 13 23:07:21 UTC 2023), Entry for Loyd Sheppard and Frances Sheppard, 1 April 1950.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYHS-33G : 8 January 2021), Loyd Shepard, 17 Jan 1994; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112956136/loyd-shepard: accessed 14 July 2023), memorial page for Loyd Shepard (22 Sep 1923–17 Jan 1994), Find a Grave Memorial ID 112956136, citing Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by MJ (contributor 47044880).
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