Franklin – Dalton McGowan "Buddy" Sheppard, Jr., 61, passed away August 15, 2017 at his home. Buddy was born in Norfolk and was a retired Staff Sergeant after twenty years of service in the US Army and served in the Desert Storm Campaign. After his retirement Buddy was a security officer for Atlantic Protection Service at Norfolk International Airport. Buddy was a 1975 graduate of Great Bridge High School and a longtime member and Vice President of Franklin Hunt Club. He was predeceased by his mother Agnes MacDonald Sheppard.

Left to cherish his memory is his wife Donna Smith Sheppard, his father Dalton Sheppard, Sr., four sons, Jason, Brian and Shawn Sheppard and Tony Tart, Jr., two daughters, Ava Lee Hearld and Arah Tart, two sisters, Paula Gigilo and Donna Wyman, four brothers, Donald Sheppard and his wife Karen, Jerry Sheppard, Lyle and George Wyman, twelve grandchildren and two uncles, Jimmy and Ray Jackson.

A gathering of family and friends will be held Thursday August 24, 2017 from 6 to 8PM at Wright Funeral Home, 206 West 4 ^th Ave., Franklin, VA. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Wounded Warriors Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675. www.wrightfuneralhome.org