Herbert Dale Shepherd

Herbert Dale Shepherd, 88 of Bryan, Texas passed away on Saturday, October 12, 2019. He was born in Ardmore, Oklahoma on December 23, 1930 to Irene and Robert Shepherd. He was married to his soulmate Barbara Shepherd for 68 loving years. She was called home to Heaven just two weeks before Herbert.

Herbert grew up in Kilgore, TX and graduated from Kilgore High School. After high school Herbert went to work in the oil field and joined the Army National Guard in Texas where he served as a Corporal. He and Barbara moved to Houston, TX shortly after getting married where Herbert went to work for Tuboscope as a machinist. Herbert was a loving father to his three children Charlotte, Sharon and Dale. He was a member of Sun Valley Church of Christ in Houston where he served as a Deacon. He was a sportsman and enjoyed coaching his son’s baseball teams throughout the years. He also loved the outdoors and loved hunting season, he enjoyed many years of dear hunts with his friends and family. Herbert loved to laugh, sing and crack jokes and his favorite place on earth was Garner State Park where he shared so many special family memories. Herbert retired in January of 1993 at the age of 62 from Tuboscope where he was an operations manager. After retirement he and Barbara moved up to Bryan, TX where they spent the rest of their lives in the country. He had a love for Texas A&M football and enjoyed cheering them on every year. He loved living out in the county and spent many seasons planting big gardens harvesting many fruits and vegetables each year. He had a love for Western movies and he and Barbara would spend their later years watching them daily. His greatest joy of all was his family which he loved with his whole heart.

He is survived by his children, daughter Charlotte Linton and husband Eric Linton, daughter Sharon Beard and husband Steve Beard, son Dale Shepherd and wife Mary Shepherd. granddaughter, Kaylee Lamothe and husband Jared Lamothe, granddaughter Kenzie Poitinger, granddaughters Hannah Shepherd and Emma Shepherd. Great-grandchildren, Mabel Poitinger, Layton Lamothe & Layne Lamothe.

A celebration of life for Herbert will be held Friday, October 18, 2019 at 2:00 pm at Forest Park East Funeral Home, 21620 Gulf Freeway, Webster, Texas 77598. Following the celebration of life will be a committal service at Forest Park Cemetery.