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Submitted: 4/2/16 • Approved: 4/2/16 • Last Updated: 4/4/18 • R790032-G790031-S3
Jun 28, 1925
Sep 9, 2007
Hilda Elois Shephard Cochran of Corning, Ark., born June 6, 1925, departed this life Sept. 9, 2007, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould, Ark.
Mrs. Cochran was a homemaker who delighted in her extended family which included sons, Bill Shephard and his wife, Loma, of Millersville, Mo., Jim Shephard and his wife, Charlotte, of Eads, Tenn.; and daughter, Barbara Sears and her husband, David, of Springfield, Mo. Her grandchildren and their families are Mark and Shelby Sears and children, Michael and Maddie, of Springfield, Mo.; Teri and John Taylor and children, Austin and Zane, of Jackson, Mo.; Jon-David and Stephanie Smith Sears of Yellow Springs, Ohio; William Shephard of Republic, Mo.; Amy and Ryan Milzarek and children, Joshua, Rachel and Joel, of Bartlett, Tenn.; Jason and Rachel Shephard of Memphis, Tenn.; Joe Sears and his girlfriend, Tracy, of Springfield, Mo.; and Sam and Kelly Sears of Springfield, Mo.
Mother and Nanny will be greatly missed by a family who loved her very much.
Mrs. Shephard is also survived by sisters, Helen Easterwood, Corning, Ark., Dorothy Gerber, Poplar Bluff, Mo., Doris Shephard, Jones, Okla., JoAnn Kamerman, Corning, Ark., Virginia Brumfield, Corning, Ark., and Wilma Bauschlicher, Corning, Ark.; brothers, Jack Phelan, Jackson, Mich., and Bob Phelan, Corning, Ark.; and her sister-in-law, Dois Jean Phelan, Corning, Ark.
She is preceded in death by her husbands, Marcus Shephard, deceased, 1976, and Charles Cochran, deceased, 1987; her parents, William Henry Phelan and Eathel Charity Gleghorn Phelan; and her brother, Billie Phelan.
Services for Mrs. Cochran will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007, at Ermert's Funeral Home, Corning, Ark., with Pastor Michael Archer officiating. Visitation will be 8 to 10 a.m. Tuesday. Internment will be at 2 p.m. at Howell Memorial Park Cemetery, West Plains, Mo., with Rev. David Sears officiating.
The family is requesting that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Corning First Baptist Church sent to Ermert Funeral Home, P.O. Box 65, Corning, AR 72422.
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