Carolyn Kate Chandler Shepherd, age 83, of the Swiss Community, went home to be with the Lord at her home on Tuesday, January 25th, 2022. A native of Yancey County, she was a daughter of the late Pierce and Jaylina McKinney Chandler. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Bobby Shepherd who passed away May 24th, 2017; a grandson, Cory Jake Hollifield who passed away on May 15th, 2016; sisters: Pearl Deaver, Myrtle Deaver, Dot Fox and Nina Chandler and brothers: Edd, Vernon, Bobby and Calvin Chandler. Carolyn was a member of Fox Creek Baptist Church where she was Treasurer for many years. She loved the Lord and was a very loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She enjoyed being outside doing yard work and gardening and praying and talking on the phone with her special friends daily.
Surviving is her daughters: Marieka Shepherd Black of Hardscrabble, Barbara Shepherd Hollifield and husband, Keith, of Pensacola, and Jennifer Shepherd Peterson and husband, Terrence, of Indian Creek; grandsons: Caleb Lee Black, Joshua Seth Black and wife, Taylor, William Cody Hollifield and wife, Emily, Sully Peterson and Roanen Peterson; great-grandchildren: Kaden Everett and Nora Karolyne Hollifield and Paisley Rose Black and a brother, Donald Chandler and wife, Marietta, of Weaverville. Several very special nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services will be held at 3:00 pm on Sunday, January 30th in the Chapel of Yancey Funeral Services. Rev. Keith Blankenship will officiate. Burial will follow in the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2 until 3 p.m. prior to the funeral service at the funeral home.
Memorial donations may be made to Gideons International at PO Box 264, Burnsville, NC 28714. To send online condolences, please visit our website at www.yanceyfuneralservice.com.
