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going then we don’t use them,”
said Furst, "You have to be careful
annual fundraiser.
of ethics. Some places send inter
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Keeping volunteers safe and
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continued
Trevor Robinson (right) is
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joined by Shawn Furst,
volunteer program coordinator
for the non-profit organization.
photo by M ark W ashington /
T he P ortland O bserver
from Metro
CHURCH SPACE
In Loving Memory
Verna Shepherd
Services will be held Monday, April 9 at 11 a.m. at
Caldwell Funeral Home, 20 N.E. 14th for Verna Shep
herd who died March 29, 2007.
She was bom on Feb. 15, 1923 to Calvin Davis and
Esther Howard in Harpersville, Ala. and raised by her
Aunt Mamie Crawford (deceased). She was brought up
to fear the Lord and accepted Christ in her youth.
She married Earsly W. Smith (deceased) in Birming
ham, Ala. in 1946 and later moved to New York City
where they resided until 1953 when they moved to
Portland. From this union her three children, Jacquelyn
(Jackie), Earsly Randolph (Randy) and Joycelyn (Joyce) were
born. Divorced in 1961, she met and married Arthur L. Shepherd
in 1964 and they were married for 40 years until his death on
March 30, 2003.
V erna worked in the service and social services industries.
She was truly gifted with com passion for helping and caring
for others. She was a sales associate for Lipman W olf, a major
New York retailer in the late 1940s, and was a social services
coordinator for the N eighborhood Service C enter in Portland
in the early 1960s, working as an activist to unite the c ity 's
black and white com m unities. Her aim was to bring the
com m unities together so they could better understand their
social and cultural differences.
Her success at work landed her an opportunity to manage her
own business in Portland directing management for Educational
Testing Services (a pilot program sponsored by a New York
based educational testing com
pany), Her career was then di
rected to serve as a community
agent at Grant HighSchool in 1970
where she worked for 17 years
until retiring. After retirement, she
successfully m anaged a fully
staffed home day care center and
foster care business for 8 years.
Verna had a passion for fishing,
cooking and gardening. She spent
countless hours fishing with her
buddies and family members at
many local fishing spots. She en
joyed cooking and had a special
touch in making barbecue ribs and took pride in making her
gumbo.
She was a long time member of the Morning Star Baptist
Church and helped to usher in tutoring and mentoring programs
in the church annex. She worked on the church planning
committee that organized the building of the children’s school
adjacent to the church.
She leaves to mourn her only sibling. Queen Anne Deloney;
her three children; seven grandchildren. Warren, Danny,
Deandre, Drake, Ronnie, Cam ille and Isaiah; a daughter-in-
law Sabrina Smith, two sons-in-law John Keller and Nate
M oreland; two great granddaughters, Nia W ashington and
Draia Shelton; a great grandson. Nolan Shelton; a sister-in
law Carrie Shepherd; four nephews; two nieces; several
great nephews and nieces; and a com m unity of close friends.
She will be greatly missed but never forgotten.
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Beloved Daughter Missed by All
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D e ’A n d ra n iq u e S am iria
Davis was born March 9, 1991
to Rietta Payton and Nathaniel
Davis at Oregon Health and
Sciences University Hospital in
Portland.
I n 2003, N ique accepted Christ
as her Lord and Savior and was
baptized at the Voice of the Cross
Church in Vancouver.
Nique had many interests. She
was an avid reader, loved to de
sign clothes, draw, sing. shop, talk
on the phone and work on the
computer.
Loved ones left to cherish her
memories are her mother and
father: R ietta Payton and
Nathaniel Davis; nine brothers
and sisters: Johnel Johnson, San
C lasses to en h an ce M inistry, f o r anyone, an y night
Twuan Eaden, Alicia Davis,
Sharrea D avis, Nia D avis,
Giovanni Payton, Maia Payton,
Nichole Davis and Nye Davis;
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