Joyce Wenger Noble, of Alderson, W.Va., died Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Fairlea, W.Va., following a sudden illness. She was 75.
Born Dec. 20, 1933 at Alderson, she was the daughter of the late Lynn Clark and Ethel Morgan Wenger.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Carl C. Sheppard; a son, Carlos Sheppard; a brother Alvin Wenger; and a sister, Onva Wenger Pierce.
Mrs. Noble was the former owner of the Sears Store in Alderson and retired from the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Alderson, after 20 years of service as a Counselor. She was a 1952 graduate of Alderson High School and a member of the Alderson Church of the Nazarene. Mrs. Noble was a former member of the Alderson City Council, a member of the Alderson Lions Club, the Woman’s Club of Alderson, the Muddy Creek Mountain Ruritan Club and the Ladies Auxiliary of Tri County Memorial VFW Post 6723 Alderson.
Survivors include her husband, James Fred Noble, of Alderson; a son, Calvin Sheppard and his wife, Vivian of Alderson; a daughter-in-law, Debbie Sheppard of Ennis, Texas; two stepsons; two stepdaughters; a brother, Bobby Wenger and his wife, Lisa, of Hawkins, Texas; two sisters, Lena Wenger of Beckley and Rymal Kenton and her husband Herb of Milford; a brother-in-law, Robert Pierce; four grandchildren: Tre Sheppard and his wife, Crystal, of Alderson, Blake Sheppard of Alderson, Ashley Sheppard of Alderson and Morgan Sheppard of Ennis, Texas; three great-grandchildren; 13 step-grandchildren; a step-great grandson; and many other aunts, nieces, nephews, cousins and special friends.
Funeral services were held April 19, 2009 at Lobban Funeral Home Chapel, Alderson. Burial followed in the Fletcher addition of the Alderson Cemetery, Alderson.
Memory contributions can be made to the Alderson Nazarene Ladies Fellowship, Rt. 1, Box 235A, Alderson, WV 24910.
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