Mrs. Emily C. Shepard

February 22, 1921 - June 30, 2017

Mrs. Flora “Emily” Carlton Shepard, age 96 of Aragon passed away Friday morning, June 30, 2017. Mrs. Shepard was born February 22, 1921 in Polk County and grew up in the Collard Valley Community. She was the daughter of the late Samuel Lamar Carlton and the late Lena Holland Carlton. Mrs. Shepard was a homemaker and a member of the Aragon Baptist Church. She enjoyed sewing, embroidering, quilting and cooking, being best remembered for her cakes. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry N. Shepard on June 15, 2000; sister, Ruth Carlton Miller; and a brother, John Ed Carlton. Survivors include a daughter, Elaine Thomas of Rome; son, Lamar Shepard of Rockmart; two grandchildren, Ryan Shepard and Heather Rainey; and six great-grandchildren, Max Shepard, Anna Shepard, Presley Shepard, Emily Rainey, Aubrey Rainey and Ashton Rainey. Funeral services for Mrs. Shepard will be held on Monday, July 3, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of the Freeman Harris Funeral Home with Rev. Ronnie Puckett officiating. Interment services will follow in the family lot of Rose Hill Cemetery. The following gentlemen will serve as pallbearers: Ryan Shepard, Ken Rainey, Melvin Roberts, Reginald Smith, Larry Pittman and Kenneth Carlton. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Monday prior to the service between 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. Freeman Harris Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral services for Mrs. Flora “Emily” Carlton Shepard.