Betty Ann Sheppard

Betty Ann Sheppard, 86, of Morehead City, passed away Sunday, August 11­, 2019, at Carteret Health Care.

Her funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, August 15, 2019, at Cape Carteret Presbyterian Church, officiated by Rev. Ben Burrows. There will be a second service held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 17, 2019, at Lewinsville Presbyterian Church, 1724 Chain Bridge Road in McLean, Virginia. Interment will follow in the Church Cemetery.

Betty attended Cape Carteret Presbyterian Church where she enjoyed being a member of the church knitting group. In her free time, she loved to read, sew, quilt and play cards. Betty was a graduate of Washington Lee High School in Arlington, Virginia and worked as a bookkeeper at United Litho Printing and later at Lieding and Becker Attorneys at Law. She spent most of her life in Northern Virginia before moving to Carteret County, North Carolina in July 2014.

She is survived by her daughter, Debbie Starliper and husband Charley of Peletier; son, Gary Edward Sheppard of Bath; granddaughter, Sarah Ann Starliper and husband Lorin Metzger of Ashburn, VA; and cousin, Margaret Ellen Smith of California, MD. She is also survived by nieces and nephews in North Carolina and Northern Virginia.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Hubert Edward Sheppard and her parents, Telford Rodgers and Ann Rodgers Morrow.

The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Thursday, August 15th prior to the service at Cape Carteret Presbyterian Church. Following the service there will be a reception. The family will also receive friends on Saturday, August 17th from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. prior to the service at Lewinsville Presbyterian Church in McLean, Virginia.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Cape Carteret Presbyterian Church, at 100 Yaupon Dr, Cape Carteret, NC 28584.

Family and friends are welcome to submit online condolences at www.mundenfuneralhome.net

Arrangements by Munden Funeral Home and Crematory in Morehead City, NC.