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Portrait of Pamela Dawn Culver-Sheppard
In loving memory

Pamela Dawn Culver-Sheppard

September 27, 1971 – July 2, 2024
Lived 52 years
J.C. Kirby & Sons Lovers Lane Chapel · Bowling Green, Kentucky
“I have gone to Heaven to reboot. After I respawn, I’ll wait for you in the lobby. Jesus will squad up with us.”
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Mrs. Pamela Dawn (Goodrich) Culver-Sheppard, age 52 of Bowling Green, KY, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, at the Hospice House surrounded by her family.

Pamela was born September 27, 1971, in Watervliet, Michigan to David Harold Goodrich and Shirley Bonn (Johnson) Goodrich who survive and reside in Bowling Green, KY.

Pamela was raised in Ripley, Tennessee. She graduated from Ripley High School in 1990 and was a member of the marching band. Pamela is a member of Smiths Grove Methodist Church and was previously an Ambassador at Colorado Tech University. Above all else, she was a daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, and a friend that will be deeply missed by all who knew her.

Besides her parents, her memories will be cherished by her husband of 27 years, Billy Lewis Sheppard; four children, Amber Culver (Rob) of Elizabethtown, KY, Tony Culver (Kayla) of Bowling Green, KY, Randi Sheppard (Brett Schroader) of Bowling Green, KY, Christopher Sheppard (Kiahra); eight grandchildren, Liliana, Aiden, Cody, Kenzlee, Loyalty, Zealin, Dakota and Isaiah; sisters, Jessie Marie Reece (Gregg) of Bowling Green, KY, and April Lynn Pansy Sprott (Joe) of Bowling Green, KY; brothers, Chad Goodrich (Christi) of Louisville, KY and Bruch Goodrich (Deborah) of Smyrna, TN; nieces and nephews, Sydney Goodrich, Brendon Goodrich, Brooklyn Goodrich, Joseph Sprott, Autumn Sprott, Jasmine Sprott and her “sister from another mother” Georgetta Pullen.

Expressions of sympathy may take form of donation to be made to Hospice of Southern Kentucky. The family wishes to give a heartfelt thank you to Hospice for taking care of Pamela.

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1971
Born September 27
1977
Pamela was 6 when Elvis Presley died
1981
Pamela was 10 when MTV began broadcasting
1982
Pamela was 11 when "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" opened in theaters
1991
Pamela was 20 when the Soviet Union dissolved
1995
Pamela was 24 when "Toy Story" became the first fully computer-animated film
2001
Pamela was 30 when Apple introduced the iPod
2024
Passed away July 2, age 52
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