It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Rita Sheppard of Frankfort, Kentucky, who passed away on January 1, 2024, at the age of 65, leaving to mourn family and friends. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Rita Sheppard to show support.

She was predeceased by : her husband Edgar Sheppard; her parents, Walter Brackford and Ethelyn Chisley-Blackford; her grandmother Daisey Mason; her aunt Geneva Moore; her uncle Henry Lee Chisley; her brother Thomas Blackford; her nephew William Blackford (Larry Blackford, Jr.); her great-nephew Reginald Driskell; and her niece Ethel Blackford.

She is survived by : her children, Shavonne M. Parker (Jeffrey) and Howard Daniel Sudduth; her granddaughters, Seneca Blackford, Sakia Jacobs, Je'Naya Parker and DeVone'Hollingsworth; her great grandchildren, Luna Lopez and Luca Lopez; her close friends, Brenda Martin, Allison Carr, Melody Seals, Katherin Michelle Peterson, Nancy, Larry Blackford of Versailles, Richard, Carol of Versailles, TiliJuana Blackford of Frankfort, Linda Blackford of Atlanta, Priscilla, Joy Livergood of Ohio and Sandra Slaven; and her nieces and nephews, Richard Blackford, Jr., Linda Carol Blackford, Rita Denise Blackford, Che Blackford, Eboni Thompson and Hunter Blackford. She is also survived by cousins and friends.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
O. L. Hughes and Sons Mortuary