Geraldine Shepherd

She leaves to cherish her memory, her husband, Charles Shepherd; her three daughters; Linda Bolden, Jennifer Senigaur, Patra Shepherd, and her three sons; Alex Shepherd, Kerry Shepherd, and Darrell Shepherd; Her four sisters, and one brother; Wonderful Ryan, Joyce Spiller, Joanne Winters, Ann Thomas, and Fred Spiller.

Preceding her in death, her Parents L.B. Spiller, and Cleopatra Spiller; her son Marion Wilson; two brothers, Howard Spiller, and Lawrence Spiller; three sisters, Leola King, Nelda Richard, Rosa Townsend.

Mrs. Geraldine Shepherd married Charles Shepherd on September 23, 1960. Through this union, they raised seven children. Geraldine Shepherd was very family orientated and embraced each family member with love and warm welcome. She enjoyed anniversaries, holidays, birthday parties, she loved to get pamper, she loved nature, she frequently visited Kemah Boardwalk, and Galveston, she enjoyed organizing family reunions, She was an avid reader and loved Math, She was a great listener, gave great advice, she was charitable, She was a collector of old coins, She was a devout Christian and served god in many capacities. She worked at LBJ Hospital for 30 years before retiring as a surgical technologist.

She leaves to mourn her husband, children, and grandchildren, Geraldine Wilson, Kimberly Bolden, Tidy Wilson, Christopher Wilson, Bonae Jones, Shumorrow Malbrough, Erica King, Dante Frear, Jesseka Oliver, Lativia Hayes, Kerry Shepherd Jr., Jalen Shepherd, and Brianna Shepherd. As well as a host of great grandchildren.

Mother of the Church...

Geraldine Shepherd, we know her best as Mother Shepherd. While she was the sister of our founder of God’s Family of Deliverance Temple (GFODT) Apostle Wonderful Ryan, Mother Shepherd was so much more than that. She was one of the founding members, a pillar grounded in the foundation of this ministry. She served as Treasurer, a Minister on staff, Praise Leader, Pastor’s confidant, Counselor, Mother of the Church, this tribute cannot hold the full array of service that Mother Shepherd provided.

The Love for this God sent Angel can never be placed into a proper tribute, her service and life spoke more effectively to that. This Angel loved God and God loved this, Angel. We at GFODT were so blessed by God, he placed numerous jewels of this same rarity and precious variety within GFODT.

Apostle W. Ryan, Pastor E. King, Evangelist L. King, Minister R.Townsend, Prophetess A. Thomas, words will never express the enormous emptiness left by the homegoing of our beloved Mother Shepherd, but we can carry on in the knowledge that she rests in the arms of someone greater than ourselves. Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, God required another watchman in Heaven.

Someone to stand watch for the lost and broken hearted souls, the forgotten souls, those downtrodden souls, God in his infinite wisdom could not have chosen a more appropriate candidate for this task. Your place in the hearts of all the members of GFODT is rooted like that tree that is planted by the river that cannot be moved. We Love you Mother Shepherd.