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ALDERSON — Joyce Elizabeth Wenger
Sheppard Noble, age 75, of Alderson, died, Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at
Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Fairlea, W.Va., following a sudden
illness.
Born Dec. 20, 1933, at Alderson, she was the daughter of the late Lynn
Clark and Ethel Morgan Wenger. In addition to her parents, she was
preceded in death by her first husband, Carl C. Sheppard; a son, Carlos
Sheppard; a brother, Alvin C. Wenger; and a sister, Onva Lee Wenger
Pierce.
Mrs. Noble was the former owner of the Sears Roebuck Store in Alderson and
retired from the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Alderson, after 20 years of
service. She was a 1952 graduate of Alderson High School and a member of
the Alderson Church of the Nazarene, Muddy Creek Mountain, Alderson. Mrs.
Noble was a former member of the Alderson City Council, a member of the
Alderson Lions Club, The Woman’s Club of Alderson, the Muddy Creek
Mountain Ruritan Club and the Ladies Auxiliary of Tri County Memorial VFW
Post 6723, Alderson.
Survivors include her husband, James Fred Noble of Alderson; a son, Calvin
Sheppard and his wife, Vivian, of Alderson; two stepsons, Randy Noble and
his wife, Teresa, of Ashland, Ky., and Terry D. Noble of Hinton; two
stepdaughters, Betty Lou Hall and her husband, Don, of Boone Mills, Va.,
and Julie Noble Parker and her husband, Joe, of Texarkana, Texas; a
brother, Bobby Wenger and his wife, Lisa, of Hawkins, Texas; two sisters,
Lena Wenger of Beckley and Rymal Kenton and her husband, Herb, of Milford,
Del.; two aunts, Della Chase of Kensington, Md., and Allyne Rowland of
Arlington, Va.; a brother-in-law, Robert Pierce of Culloden; four
grandchildren, Tre Sheppard and his wife, Crystal, of Alderson, Blake
Sheppard of Alderson, Ashley Sheppard of Alderson, and Morgan Sheppard, of
Ennis, Texas; three great-grandchildren; 13 step-grandchildren, Andrea
McQuire of Lexington, Ky., Brandon Noble of Lexington, Ky., Jeremy Noble
of Ashland, Ky., Lt. Peyton Parker of Fort Lewis, Wash., Katelyn Parker of
Texarkana, Texas, Donna, David, Barbara, and Beverly all of Roanoke, Va.,
Gerald, Charmaine, Sharon, and Pico; a step-great-grandson; special
friends, June Ames of Hinton and Mary Ellen Reese of Alderson; many nieces
and nephews.
Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Sunday, April 19, 2009, at the Lobban
Funeral Home Chapel, Alderson, with the Rev. Ed Midcap officiating. Burial
will follow in the Fletcher Addition of the Alderson Cemetery, Alderson.
Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 18, 2009, at the Lobban
Funeral Home, Alderson.
Grandchildren and step-grandchildren will serve as pallbearers.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Alderson Lions Club and the
Muddy Creek Mountain Ruritan Club.
In lieu of flowers, contributions of sympathy may be made to the Alderson
Nazarene Ladies Fellowship, Rt. 1 Box 235A, Alderson, WV 24910.
Arrangements by Lobban Funeral Home, Alderson.
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