Jim Sheppard:  

CLASS OF 1968
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Churchland High SchoolClass of 1968
Portsmouth, VA

Jim's Story

Married my high school sweetheart and divorced 16 years later She has since passed. We have 2 grown daughters and a grandson and 3 granddaughter.Completed an apprenticeship in the Boiler Shop at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Promoted to Shop Foreman in the Nuclear Dept. and in '87 transferred to SUPSHIP PORTSMOUTH as a Ship Surveyor. (SUPSHIP contracts private yards for repairs on Navy ships). Retired from SUPSHIP in 2005. Joined the Army Reserves out of high school. Completed Officer Candidate School at Ft. Benning, GA. and retired after 26 years at the rank of Major. Met the love of my life Linda, at Ft. Bragg,NC. I was a Basic Training Company Commander and she was an Army Nurse from Brooklyn, NY. We've been married for over 20 years. We designed and built our dream home in Moyock, NC. 10 years + ago, I started a saw sharpening business that I work from my garage.Also do mobile knife sharpening for...Expand for more
over 15 restaurants in SE VA and NE NC. Blackwater USA and Taylors Do It Centers are a couple of my accounts. I do have a Class A CDL and drive 18 wheelers and dump trucks part time for a few local farmers. I also move new cars from dealership to dealership from time to time, it's called a DX driver. My wife and I are avid saltwater fisherman and fish a lot in the Chesapeake Bay. We belong to several fishing clubs and we fish in 3 invitational surf fishing tournaments on the Outer Banks each fall. We are both certified Master BBQ Judges with the Kansas City BBQ Society and travel the East Coast tasting/judging the best of the best BBQ. I have designed and built my own BBQ cookers and I cook for hire and for charitable events. We host and I make BBQ once a year for a few old friends and family. Every year a few more people make the 'List'and get an invite. 110 showed up last time. Life is good!
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Yearbooks

Churchland High School 1968 yearbook cover photo
1968 Yearbook
Churchland High School
PORTSMOUTH, VA
Churchland High School 1967 yearbook cover photo
1967 Yearbook
Churchland High School
PORTSMOUTH, VA
Churchland High School 1966 yearbook cover photo
1966 Yearbook
Churchland High School
PORTSMOUTH, VA
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Reunions
Churchland High School '68 50TH Reunion reunion event on Sep 28, 2018 image
Sep 28, 2018
Jim was invited to the
Churchland High School '68 50TH Reunion
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CHS '68 MEDICARE Reunion RESCHEDULED reunion event on Oct 10, 2015 image
Oct 10, 2015
Jim was invited to the
CHS '68 MEDICARE Reunion RESCHEDULED
148 invitees
5th Multi Year Reunion Planning Committee Meetin reunion event on Aug 28, 2010 image
Aug 28, 2010
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5th Multi Year Reunion Planning Committee Meetin
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Couple of Crocs on the property...Yes they're behind a fence.
Gotta have one of these.
View from a friend's 13th floor apartment overlooking Cancun Bay. That's the island Isla Mujeres 14 miles off shore in the background.
View from our breakfast table.
Waiting to go to the Cirque du Soleil show. This is the only resort in Latin America that has this show on site.
View from our balcony.
Omelets anyone? This resort had about 1/2 doz restaurants on-site. One breakfast buffet...We ate there every morning.
I had the Salmon...Linda had the beef. Fancy...Fancy...Fancy.
12 of 14 of on the cruise.
Dessert came in a huge book... Four small samples...Don't ask what it is... I didn't know even after they told us, it was good though.
In the theater, dinner for two and front row seats.
One of the five pool on site. A pool for young, old, kids and everything in between.
First time with the mixer.
Finished...6 mini Key Lime Pies and Renée licks the the good stuff.
This how Landon and Renéee starts their day at the "farm".
Landon on a modern day tree swing/ Zipline. Grammy in the background.
Rainbow over the play ground.
Renée on a kid size Zipline.
Renée has work to do out on the farm....
Today was 'mulch day' on the 'farm'. They wanted to help and Landon worked hard while his sister Renee supervised. I asked him if he was ready for nap " Too late for a nap, we've got work to do" That's my boy!
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