Zella Henslee Sheppard

Zella Henslee Sheppard

Service & Contributions: Wife of George Hartfield Sheppard
Birth: October 7, 1879
Death: March 8, 1963
Burial: March 10, 1963
Location
Republic Hill, Section 2
Row:  E
Number:  13
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Zella Henslee Sheppard

SHEPPARD, ZELLA HENSLEE (1879 ~ 1963). Zella Henslee Sheppard was born October 7, 1879 on a ranch at Farmersville, Texas.

Her husband, George Hartfield Sheppard, served as the state comptroller of Texas from 1929 until his death in 1949.

After the death of her husband, she continued to reside in Austin, Texas, until three years before her death when she moved to Sweetwater, Texas, to live with a daughter. She was a member of the First Methodist Church of Austin.

She was 83 years old when she died March 8, 1963, in Sweetwater, Texas.

Biography taken from Austin American-Statesman, March 9, 1963.

Further information available through the Texas State Cemetery research department.


Sheppard

George H.
Nov. 4, 1874
Jan. 18, 1949

State Comptroller of
Public Accounts
1930 - 1949

Zella H.
Oct. 7, 1879
Mar. 8, 1963

Blessed Are The Pure In Heart, For They Shall See God.

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