Sharon Lee Sheppard, was born on September 18, 1958, to the late Stephen Jones Sr. and Ida Cleo Jones in Norfolk, VA. She departed this life on April 8, 2025 peacefully at her sister Gloria's residence in Cambridge, MD.

Sharon attended Norfolk County Public Schools. Later she moved to Salisbury, MD and was educated in Wicomico County Public Schools. She used to run track and she loved to play pacman, make pies, make a homemade meal and bisquits from scratch. She loved poetry, but more than anything she loved God. She was employed at several places throughout her life. Mister Donut, Dunkin Donuts, Standard Registers, English's Family Resturaunt, Taco Bell and Purdue Farms all in Salisbury, MD. She also worked at Princess Bayside Hotel and Seacove Motel in Ocean City, MD, as well as Walmart in Fruitland, MD. Sharon was a member of United Faith Churches of Deliverance for many years.

She leaves behind to mourn her loss, her two children, Ivory Sheppard Jr. and Faith Katina Sheppard, her niece Catrice Moore (Pumpkin), whom she also raised, six grandchildren: Ashley Ferguson, Ivory Sheppard III, Lana King, Ramell Sheppard, Ra'Keaf Sheppard and Micahya Riley Shepphard, ten great-grandchildren: KJ, Avah, Kayden, Ariana, Zori, Nova, Aurora, Zayven, Malik, Chozen and a host of special nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins.

Sharon leaves to mourn 10 siblings: Stephen Jones Jr. (Maraine), Alvin Jones (Louise), Russell Jones, Keith Jones, Tony Jones, Gloria Jones, Glen Jones (Sheila), Jerry Jones, Luther Jones and Samantha Boyd (Sterling).

Preceding Sharon in death is her son, Ivan Antoine Sheppard, her parents, Stephen and Ida Jones, her husband, Ivory Sheppard Sr., her foster mother, Great Aunt Flossie Bright Reynolds, her sisters, Alfreda Parker and Marsha Ann Lewis, and a niece, April Lewis.