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Pastor Noble K. Shepherd noted author, teacher, and Evangelist, dies at age 80. Noble K. Shepherd was born in Stearns, Kentucky, March 11, 2026 the seventh of twelve children born to John Marion Shepherd and Stella Hickman Shepherd. Noble joined the U.S. Navy at the age of eighteen and served his country with dignity and valor, traits that would manifest themselves repeatedly during his life. He was proud of his service to his country, but he also served the Lord Jesus Christ faithfully as a minister of the Gospel for over forty five years in churches in Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, the Carolinas, Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, Missouri, and Colorado. Noble loved and nurtured his children and taught them about Jesus, just like his mother had taught Noble and his siblings. Known for his quick wit, Noble always had a smile and a kind word for his friends and family. Noble also held a commission as a member of the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels. Funeral services were held Friday, April 22, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. at the Stearns Seven Day Adventist Church. Burial followed in the Pine Knot Cemetery. Preceding him in death were his parents, his first wife, Alma Throop Shepherd, four brothers, Granville �Bully� Shepherd, Dan Shepherd, Jimmy Shepherd, and Elmer Shepherd, and three sisters, Marjorie Redden, June Rowe, and Doris Shepherd. Survivors include his wife, Nellie Holtry Shepherd, of Crossville, Tennessee, a son, Dan Shepherd, of Winston Salem, North Carolina, three daughters, Carolyn Kassinger and her husband, Randy, of Owensboro, Kentucky, Elly Vance and her husband, Leighton, of Pell City, Alabama, and Beverly Gilbert and her husband, Don, of Owensboro, Kentucky, a brother Carl Shepherd and his wife, Irene, of Stearns, Kentucky, three sisters, Dot Cassill, of Jacksonville, Florida, Louise Hamby, of Dayton, Ohio, and Jenny Lee Leistman and her husband, Maurice, of Crossville, Tennessee, ten grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren. Condolences may be emailed to the family at [email protected]. Hickman-Strunk Funeral Home served the family of Noble K. Shepherd. Add a Condolence |
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