Funeral services for Ms. LoraLee “Freddie” Sheppard, age 78, of Fayetteville, will be conducted 2 p.m. Thursday, March 23, 2017 at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Greg Wiser and Daniel Henderson officiating. Burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery. Freddie was a native of Lincoln County and daughter of the late Robert and Laura Towry Bunn. She was raised by her late aunt and uncle Raymond and Rosa Bunn May. Freddie worked for Amana and Faber Castell, and attended Washington Street Church of Christ.

Survivors include her son Bennie (Jamie) Sheppard; granddaughters Katrina (Angel) Sheppard, Cassidy (Josh) Brewer, Jamie (Barry) Laymance, and Melinda (J.R.) Sheppard; great-grandchildren Alyssa, Maliyah and Kamryn; sisters Josephine Robinson and Edith Wallace; and special nieces and nephews Lyn (David) Henderson, Tony (Monica) Robinson, Clada Warf, Lance Wallace and Danny Wallace. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother Charles “Bud” May.

Visitation with the family will be 5 until 8 p.m. Wednesday at Higgins Funeral Home. Higgins Funeral Home is honored to be serving the family of Ms. LoraLee “Freddie” Sheppard.