John Maddox Sheppard

Funeral services for John Maddox Sheppard, age 90 will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, November 2, 2025, in the Chan Stanley Memorial Chapel of Stanley Funeral Home and Crematory, with interment to follow at Dublin Memorial Gardens. Rev. Tommy Veal and Rev. Jake Hughes will officiate.

Mr. Sheppard was born December 12, 1934, in Wrightsville, Georgia. He was the son of the late Daniel Moses Sheppard and Mabel Miller Sheppard. He was a 1952 graduate of Wrightsville High School. He served on the East Dublin City Council from 1970-1974 and from 2020 until present. He was an original member of the East Dublin Recreation Board. The East Dublin Recreation Board dedicated a Ballfield in his honor in 1973 naming the field "John Sheppard Field" He was a 1995 Georgia Textile Citizen of the Year. He loved spending time volunteering with Hooked on Jesus Ministries. He was a member of Gethsemane Church. He retired from Forstmann. Mr. Sheppard passed away Thursday, October 30, 2025, at his residence.

Mr. Sheppard survived by his wife, Ruby Wilson Sheppard of East Dublin; 2 sons, Mike (Marilyn) Sheppard of Danville and Rob Sheppard of East Dublin; 3 grandchildren, James (Hollie) Sheppard of Danville, Wilson (Desiree) Sheppard of Ocean Springs, MS, and Jessica Sheppard of Crestwood, KY and 6 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Wayne Roberson, James Sheppard, Noah Shedd, Dwayne Lake, Curt Brown, Wilson Sheppard, and Ben Reinbold.

The family will receive friends from 1:00 P.M. until 1:45 P.M. Sunday, November 2, 2025, at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made in memory of Mr. Sheppard to Gethsemane Church at 501 Soperton Avenue, East Dublin, Georgia 31027.

Stanley Funeral Home and Crematory/Dublin Chapel has charge of funeral arrangements.