Cynthia Ann Shepard was born July 28, 1952 to Roy and Madlene (Eubanks) Shepard, she was called home to be with God on Sunday September 22, 2019 at the age of 67.
She joined church and accepted Christ at an early age and was a faithful member of Macedonia Church of God. Cynthia was a hardworking woman, spending 40 years of her life working at Whirlpool until her retirement.
Cynthia was a loving Mother, Sister, Aunt, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, and a true friend to so many, this is how she got the name “Big Momma”. Cynthia adored family and especially her son’s Michael, Brannon “Spanky”, and Torrance. She cherished every moment she spent with her grandchildren as well. She was a loving companion to William B. Phillip’s for 40 years. Cynthia was short by statue but a giant when it came to the love she had for her family. Big Momma loved unconditionally until God called her home, she will be greatly missed by everyone who knew her.
Big Momma was preceded in death by her parents, grandparents, two brothers, Jonace Shepard and Daniel Clayton, two sons, Michael Shepard and Brannon “Spanky” Shepard. She leaves to cherish her memory her companion William B. Phillips, 1 son Torrance Bunch, two sisters, Betty Lewis and Colene Shepard (Thell Parker Sr. ) one brother, Carl Shepard (Devola), one aunt, Aileen Reece, one step-daughter, Machelle Barton, one step-son, Aaron Jones, two sisters-in-laws, Kay Clayton and Omega Shepard, two daughters-in-law, Kashell Shepard and Amy Bunch, sixteen grandchildren, Laneise, Kylie, Denisha, Kira, Kayla, Jonace “Baby J”, Terren, Tavia, Ashley, TeAirra, Aubrey, Cynthia, Rachel, Meagan, Sabrina, Joseph, twelve great-grandchildren, seven special nieces that she loved as daughters, Carla, LaWanda, Demetria Denotria, Lentice, Arlena and Lecretia, four nephews, Gary, Rodney, Juan, and Jamel, a host of great nieces, great nephews, cousins, other family and friends whom she loved dearly.
Funeral services will be 11am Saturday, October 5, 2019 at the Mt. Triumph Baptist Church in Ft. Coffee, Oklahoma with burial to follow in the Ft. Coffee Cemetery under the direction of Mallory-Martin Funeral Home of Spiro, Oklahoma. Viewing will be 8am-8pm Friday with a wake service being held 6pm-8pm Friday evening at the funeral home.
Please log on to www.MalloryMartinFuneralHome to view and sign the guest book.
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