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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
On October 6, 1938, Shepperd married the former Mamie Strieber (December 30, 1917 – January 9, 2015)<ref>{{cite web|title= Mamie Erna Strieber Shepperd's Obituary|url = http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/oaoa/obituary.aspx?n=mamie-erna-strieber-shepperd&pid=173826182|publisher=''Odessa American''|accessdate=November 13, 2015}}</ref> of Yorktown in DeWitt County in southeastern Texas. The couple had two sons and twin daughters, John Ben, Jr. (November 13, 1942 — June 17, 1970), Alfred, Marianne (September 2, 1948 — July 16, 2008),<ref>http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-16883992.html|date=September 2015}}</ref> and Suzanne. Shepperd was a member of the Disciples of Christ. He maintained residences in his native Gladewater and in Odessa.
On October 6, 1938, Shepperd married the former Mamie Strieber (December 30, 1917 – January 9, 2015)<ref>{{cite web|title= Mamie Erna Strieber Shepperd's Obituary|url = http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/oaoa/obituary.aspx?n=mamie-erna-strieber-shepperd&pid=173826182|publisher=''Odessa American''|accessdate=November 13, 2015}}</ref> of Yorktown in DeWitt County in southeastern Texas. The couple had two sons and twin daughters, John Ben, Jr. (November 13, 1942 — June 17, 1970), Alfred, Marianne (September 2, 1948 — July 16, 2008),<ref>http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-16883992.html|date=September 2015}}</ref> and Suzanne. Shepperd was a member of the Disciples of Christ. He maintained residences in his native Gladewater and in Odessa.
Shepperd died of [[cancer]] on March 8, 1990 at the age of 74 at his home in Gladewater. Shepperd, his son, and his daughter are interred at the private Shepperd family cemetery in Gladewater.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.txgenes.com/TxGregg/Cemeteries/JohnShepperdCem.html|title=John Shepperd Cemetery|publisher=txgenes.com|accessdate=July 21, 2009}}</ref>
Shepperd died of [[cancer]] on March 8, 1990 at the age of 74 at his home in Gladewater. Shepperd, his son, and his daughter are interred at the private Shepperd family cemetery in Gladewater.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.txgenes.com/TxGregg/Cemeteries/JohnShepperdCem.html|title=John Shepperd Cemetery|publisher=txgenes.com|accessdate=July 21, 2009}}</ref>
==Honors==
==Honors==
In 1992, the Texas Historical Commission placed historical markers at Shepperd's gravesite and also in Gladewater. Another historical marker had been erected in his honor in 1981 in Odessa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.odessahistory.com/jbshep.htm|title=Heritage of Odessa Foundation|publisher=odessahistory.com|accessdate=July 21, 2009}}</ref>
In 1992, the Texas Historical Commission placed historical markers at Shepperd's gravesite and also in Gladewater. Another historical marker had been erected in his honor in 1981 in Odessa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.odessahistory.com/jbshep.htm|title=Heritage of Odessa Foundation|publisher=odessahistory.com|accessdate=July 21, 2009}}</ref>