Oral history with Reverend Ted Shepherd

              Oral history with Reverend Ted Shepherd
F341.5 . M57 vol. 748, pt. 2
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Biography
Reverend F. T. " Ted" Shepherd was born July 10, 1924, in Greenville, Mississippi. In 1942, he was graduated from Greenville High School. During World War II, from 1943 to 1946, he served in the armed forces. He was graduated from Delta State Teachers College in Cleveland, Mississippi, with a B. S. in business administration. His twenty- seven years of experience in the business world included positions in purchasing, sales, and accounting. He entered the Gospel ministry at the age of fifty- two, and he was ordained June 2, 1977. He served on the staff of First Baptist Church, Greenville, Mississippi, for twenty- two years, serving in the area of missions, including pastor of the Chinese Mission. He is the author of three books, past president of the Washington County Baptist Ministerial Association, member of Delta State Alumni Association and the American Legion.
In retirement he serves as supply preacher for area Baptist churches, visits shut- ins, nursing homes, and hospitals, and he continues to conduct weddings and funerals. Mr. Shepherd writes and remains active in First Baptist Church, Greenville, Mississippi. He is married to Nan Farmer Shepherd and has three daughters, Jackie Beckwith, Anne Combest, and Millie Smith. He is the grandfather of five grandchildren.
Table of Contents
I. Childhood
II. Superintendent E. E. Bass
III. High school years
IV. Delta State Teachers College
V. GI dormitories
VI. Minister of Missions
VII. Chinese Mission, 1934
VIII. Joe Gow Nu and Company
IX. D. I. Young Sr.
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