Is Julia A. Bilyeu, b. 1871 at Humphrey's Creek, near Tuscumbia, related to Julia Bilyeu m. to Jasper Shepherd in the obit. below?? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Thompson" <beatku@embarqmail.com> To: <momiller@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 3:53 PM Subject: [MOMILLER] Shepherd, Cox, Bilyeu - obituary > Unknown Publication, December 1966 > > Clarence E. Shepherd, 69, died last Thursday at the home in > Tuscumbia. A son of Jasper and Julia (Bilyeu) Shepherd, she was born Nov. > 29, 1897, near Capps in Miller County. On June 8, 1929, he married > Lucille > Cox at Venice, Illinois. She survives at the home. > > Mr. Shepherd was employed by Pfitzer, Inc. in Granite City, > Ill., 33 years. He was a member of the Christian Church. > > Surviving in addition to his wife are a son, Robert of > Tuscumbia; two daughters, Mrs. Gloria Eiler of Belleville, Ill., and Mrs. > Melba Jean Valdez of East St. Louis, Ill.; five sisters, Mrs. Elphia > Horton > and Mrs. Eula Stone, both of Ulman, Mrs. Audrey Coburn, Mrs. Lucy Mainard > and Mrs. Sylvia Shepherd, all of St. Louis and three grandchildren. > > Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Ulman > Christian Church with the Rev. Mark Sooter officiating. Burial was in > Hickory Point Cemetery under direction of Scrivner-Stevinson Funeral Home > of > Iberia. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOMILLER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message