Friday, March 12, 2021 10:41 am
Betty Shepherd Kendrick, 96, died Wednesday, March 10, 2021, at Morningside of Cleveland following a lengthy illness.
Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Bill Kendrick; mother, Bertha Shepherd Wright; father, Will Shepherd; second father, Horace Wright; and son-in-law (Bob Ingram).
She is survived by her two daughters: Katherine Ingram Jones and Carol Ann Baker; two son-in-laws: Dan Jones and Ronnie Baker; five grandchildren: Chris Baker, Suzanne Baker Hill, Rita Ingram Flood, David Ingram, Shelly Jones Grills; and seven great-grandchildren: Jack, Jayden, Asa, Annie, Ava, Minnie, Amelia.
Betty was born January 28, 1925, in Franklin, N.C., to Bertha and Will Shepherd. Betty attended high school in Mooresville, N.C., where she was a cheerleader and basketball player. It was in Mooresville that she met the love of her life, William (Bill) Kendrick. They married after World War II and eventually moved to Calhoun, where Bill worked