Carl “Bud” Leslie Shepherd, 77, of Christiansburg, died Tuesday, March 30, 2021, at his home. He was born in Vicker, Va., on May 9, 1943, to the late James Hugh and Agnes I. Musselman Shepherd. He was apreceded in death by two brothers, Jimmy and Larry Shepherd, and two sisters, Shirley Sheppard and Sheila Shepherd.
He is survived by his wife, Beverly Lee Shepherd, of Christiansburg; a daughter and son-in-law, Angie Shepherd and Jason Alls; sons and daughters-in-law, Kerry and Leatrice Shepherd and Dean and Tracy Shepherd; grandchildren Paige, Laiken, Justin, Issac, Zach, Dylan, Jesse, Lily, Amber, Hayden, and Evann; great-grandchildren Ryleigh and Hayden; sisters and brother-in-law Deborah Shepherd, and Patsy and Frank Cooper; brothers and sisters-in-law Kenneth and Edith Shepherd, Gary and Brenda Shepherd, Jerry and Wanda Shepherd, Michael and Barbara Shepherd, Gus and Von Shepherd, and Roger and Stephanie Shepherd; sister-in-law Bobbie Shepherd; brother-in-law James Lanier; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Special thanks to Brooke Priest for her care during Bud’s Illness.
Funeral services were conducted Friday, April 2, 2021, in the McCoy Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jube Burk officiating. Interment followed in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by McCoy Funeral Home, Blacksburg.
