Floyie Lee (Tribble) Shepherd (1931 - 2016)

Born 2 Mar 1931 in Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Died 13 Aug 2016 at age 85 in Steens, Lowndes, Mississippi, United States

Biography

Floyie was born in 1931. She was the daughter of Elex Tribble and Livia Robertson.

The Commercial Dispatch

Floyie Lee Shepherd age 85 died Saturday, August 13, 2016 at her residence in Steens MS. Services will be held Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 11:00 AM at New Salem Baptist Church with Rev. Roy Myers, Bro. Mel Howton, and Rev. Kent Shepherd officiating, burial will follow at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held at Monday August 15, 2016 from 6:00 PM til 8:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. Mrs. Shepherd was born on Monday, March 02, 1931 in MS to the late Elex Abraham and Livie Mae Robertson Tribble. She was a lifetime member of New Salem Baptist Church, where she enjoyed the activities with the senior adults. She was a graduate of Greenwood Springs High School in Greenwood Springs, MS. She was a former teacher assistant in the Caledonia School System and a former employee of McCoy Manufacturing, and retired from the Mississippi Medicaid Office. She was an avid quilter and enjoyed making Cabbage Patch Dolls for her granddaughters.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her sisters, Elsie Mae Cherry, Eudocia Tribble, Mary Ann Dunn, Lena Lorene Perry, Eloise Carwyle, and Bobbie Adams, her brothers, John, Harold, Jim, Elroy, Sammie, Foster, Elex, Jr., Dee, infant brother Tribble, and her great granddaughter, Aviendha Violet Hannah.

BURIAL
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi, USA

Sources

• Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 11 December 2019), memorial page for Floyie Lee Tribble Shepherd (2 Mar 1931–13 Aug 2016), Find A Grave: Memorial #168617585, citing Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by Memory Keeper (contributor 47231847).