Billy David Shepard, 91, of Brownsboro, Alabama, died September 7,2022. An elder at Huntsville First Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Robert Donnell Presbytery), was born in Woodville, Alabama, in 1931, and grew up in Paint Rock. At Madison County High School, Billy lettered in football, basketball, and baseball every year from the eighth grade on. After graduation, he signed a full athletic scholarship with Bethel College (now Bethel University) in McKenzie, Tennessee, where he lettered not only in basketball but also football and baseball. He is a member of the Bethel University and Huntsville-Madison County (Alabama) Athletic Halls of Fame.
About Matthew Gore
Matthew H. Gore is a British journalist, historian, popular culturist, archivist, and educator residing in Memphis, Tennessee. He is the immediate past-president of the Society of Tennessee Archivists and is best known for his book The History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Kentucky to 1988 (2000). He has also published on a variety of topics as diverse as The Origin of Marvelman (a British superhero of the 1950s and 1960s), the relative scarcity of East German philatelics, and the biography of British pulp artist, Denis McLoughlin. He is employed by the Ministry Council of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at the Cumberland Presbyterian Center in Memphis, Tennessee, as editor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Magazine and as publications manager. He has been associated with both Western Kentucky University, which honored him with their James H. Poteet Award, and the University of Kentucky. He also serves as editor for all Boardman Books (Memphis, Tennessee) publications.
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