Tenth Generation

3526. Flora Aribella SHEPHERD was born on 6 November 1869 in Guilford Co., NC.^164,165,816 She appeared in the census in 1870 in Rock Creek, Guilford Co., NC. Albertine, 9/12, F, W, at home, NC She appeared in the census in 1880 in Rock Creek, Guilford Co., NC.¹⁶⁵ Flora A. SHEPHERD Dau F S W 9 NC Fa: NC Mo: NC Flora appeared in the census in 1900 in Burlington Twp., Alamance Co., NC. Shepherd, Flora A., dau., W, F, Nov 1869, 30, S, NC, NC, NC, weaver, cotton mill
She died on 11 June 1949 at the age of 79 in Guilford Co., NC.^164,816 The Burlington Times-News
Monday, June 13, 1949
Mrs. Flora Shepherd Gerringer
Mrs. Flora Shepherd Gerringer, 79, of Route 4, died at 12:35 noon Saturday in a Greensboro hospital following two weeks of critical illness.
Final rites were held this afternoon at Shallowford Christian Church, and burial was in the church cemetery. Services were conducted by Rev. J. L. Norris, pastor of Macedonia Lutheran Church, and Rev. Kenneth Register, pastor of Union Ridge Christian Church.
Mrs. Gerringer was the wife of the late John H. -Gerringer, who died in 1914. She was born in Guilford county, the daughter of the late Soloman and Temple Smith Shepherd.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Waymon Moore, Route 4. Burlington, and Mrs. Lacy Rudd, Route 2. Elon College; four sons, Wayne Gerringer of Graham, Freeman Gerringer and Paul Gerringer of Route 4, Burlington, and Giles and Giles Gerringer of Route 6, Burlington; two step- daughters, Mrs. L. M. Crouse of Route 4, Burlington, and Mrs. R. B. Hensley of Route 2, Elon College; two brothers. Giles Shepherd and Tom Shepherd, both of Burlington; one step-son, Hurley Gerringer of Route 4, New Bern; seven grandchildren, one great grandchild and 21 step grand-children.
She was buried on 13 June 1949 in Shallowford Church Cemetery, Elon College, NC.¹⁶⁴

Flora Aribella SHEPHERD and John Henry GERRINGER were married on 26 April 1903 in Guilford Co., NC.^164,816 John Henry GERRINGER, son of John Henry GERRINGER and Elizabeth Warick WAYNICK, was born on 10 January 1860 in Guilford Co., NC.¹⁶⁴ He died on 15 May 1914 at the age of 54 in Alamance Co., NC.¹⁶⁴

Flora Aribella SHEPHERD and John Henry GERRINGER had the following children:

+7637	i.	Wayne Lofton GERRINGER.
+7638	ii.	John Freeman GERRINGER.
+7639	iii.	Paul Bright GERRINGER.
+7640	iv.	Myrtle Elizabeth GERRINGER.
+7641	v.	Ruby GERRINGER.
+7642	vi.	Giles Milton GERRINGER.
7643	vii.	John Henry GERRINGER was born on 17 June 1914 in Alamance Co., NC.¹⁶⁴ He died on 1 July 1914 at the age of 0 in Alamance Co., NC.¹⁶⁴