Richard Sheppard:  

Hi there, Though I only have been able to keep up with a few classmates over the years, I often smile or laugh out loud when remembering moments spent with many of you. I hope life has been as kind, as interesting, and as meaningful for you. I'll add a 2015 update here and leave the notes from 2010 below. I'm still traveling and consulting, just billing fewer hours since all four of our boys are now college graduates. James Madison University has plans for my property, so I am considering where I'll live next. My boys are spreading out: Jonathan is in Blacksburg, Jason is in Sydney, Jeremy is in New Orleans and Justin is deciding on either Richmond or DC. As long as I'm within an hour of an airport, I can settle where I like. I love the mountains and the ocean so I'm considering places where I can have both. Jeremy made me a grandfather in June of 2014 when his daughter Jewell was born. This December she will become a big sister to my second granddaughter. Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! Love it. Looking forward to the next reunion. _____________________________________________________________________________________ My wife, Jewell, and I moved from out in the county into Harrisonburg about six years ago. Sad to say Jewell passed away two years ago this past Christmas (back in 2007). That made for the longest two years of my life, but I'm doing better now. I live next to the JMU Arboretum -- beautiful most of the year with Dogwoods, American Red Buds, Bradford Pear trees, pine trees, giant maples and lots of flowers. My oldest son, Jonathan, was discharged from the Navy last year and now is in college studying Virology. He's been to Europe, the Middle East and South America. Jason took a year off from school to work as a cameraman at the local TV station, traveled to South America to serve as a clown with Patch Adams in childrens' hospitals ...Expand for more