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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>