Brigid Kathleen Sheppard died of heart failure at her home in Bluffton, South Carolina on Sunday, December 1, 2008. She was 36 years old.
Brigid was born on January 25, 1972 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Growing up in a Navy family, she moved from coast to coast, changing schools frequently.
Following school, Brigid worked in high technology management, most recently as Director of Technology in the biometrics industry.
Brigid loved the water, loved her family, friends and her cats, and she had a passion for her profession and what she did to protect children with The Child Project.
Brigid is survived by her parents, Mellen and Bill Sheppard, her sister and brother-in-law, Nikki and Pete Rowney; grandparents, Ann Sheppard of Greensboro, Georgia and the late William L. "Shep" Sheppard and Joseph and Ruth Gallagher of Southern Pines, North Carolina; and her many close friends, especially the Loveless family.
A wake will be held Friday evening, December 5, 2008 from seven to nine, and a Mass on Saturday morning, December 6, 2008 at eleven o''clock at McCommons Funeral Home in Greensboro, Georgia. McCommons Funeral Home, 109 W. Broad St., Greensboro, GA, (706) 453-2626, is in charge of arrangements. Visit us at www.mccommonsfuneralhome.com to sign the online guest register.
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