Funeral services for Tom A. Sheppard of Meadville are 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 24, at R.E. Tyler Funeral Home, with burial in Mt. Zion M.B. Church Cemetery in Bogue Chitto.

Visitation is Friday from noon until 5 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mr. Sheppard, 79, died Aug. 18, 2013 at Meadville Convalescent Home. He was born on May 31, 1934.