Mary Delena Shepard Fussell
1930 — 2024
Mary Delena Shepard Fussell passed away on Sunday, January 28, 2024. She was born March 5, 1930 in Wilmington, NC, daughter of Harry Emerald Shepard and Mary Edna Stokley Shepard. Mary attended Wilmington College, later meeting Clyde Fussell when his cousin introduced them at church. Clyde asked her out that very evening, beginning a courtship that led to their 51 year marriage, only ending with Clyde's passing in 2005. Mary loved being a daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, aunt, cousin, friend and, most of all, a child of God. She was a member of Sheridan Hills Baptist Church in Hollywood, FL for 38 years before relocating to Tampa, joining Bayshore Baptist...