A single-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 10:40 a.m. on Saturday, December 28, 2024, claimed the life of Mable Coleman Shepard, 74. According to a press release from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), Shepard, identified as a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, was a passenger in a 2013 Buick Lacrosse that left the roadway on Perry County Road 23 and overturned. Shepard, who was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced deceased at the scene.
The driver of the vehicle, Willie M. Shepard, 77, also of Cleveland, Ohio, sustained injuries and was transported to Whitfield Regional Hospital in Demopolis for medical treatment. The crash occurred approximately 12 miles north of Uniontown in Perry County. Troopers with ALEA’s Highway Patrol Division are continuing their investigation.
Records from Phillip White’s Julia L. White Funeral Home in Uniontown describe Mrs. Shepard as a resident of Newbern, born on July 26, 1950. Funeral arrangements had not been released as of press time.
