Cecil Shopher

CECIL SHOPHER - Newport, Jackson County Arkansas

Mr. Cecil Shopher, 73 of Harrisburg, died Friday, Feb. 1, 2002 at his home. He was born Sept. 12, 1928 in Harrisburg the son of Melvin Oscar Shopher and Winnie Laura (Austin) Shopher. He was a retired construction worker, a former game warden and security guard. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Gene and Garland Shopher; and one sister, Mary Harris. He was of the Pentecostal faith.

Survivors include his former spouse, Beulah Dail of Harrisburg; two sisters, Eva Nelson of Port Charlotte, Fla. and Frankie Shopher of Port Charlotte, Fla.; one sister-in-law, Nora "Sis" Shopher of Harrisburg; four daughters and sons-in-law, Mary and Lannie Pruiett of Aiken, S.C., Martha and Steve Thompson of Atlanta, Ga., Linda and John Kessman of St. Joseph, Mich., and P. Jeanette and Dr. Frank Prout of Knoxville, Tenn.; one nephew, Garland Shopher of Bradford; 12 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

Funeral service was 11 a.m. Monday at the Jackson's Harrisburg Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Eugene Dixon and Bro. Carl Dixon officiating. Interment followed in Bolivar Cemetery. Pallbearers were Garland Shopher, Steve Thompson, James Pruiett, Rob Pruiett, Neb Thomas and Kenneth Brand. Honorary pallbearers were R. A. Page and Alvin Jenkins. Arrangements by Jackson's Harrisburg Funeral Home.

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