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Herbert Doyle Howie       +      Phena Beatrice Shepherd
15 Jan 1925 - 30 Dec 2002        m. 7 August 1942               Living
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    Herbert Doyle Howie, Jr., Living
    Marion Belinda Marie Howie (Campbell), Living
    Kenneth Boyd Howie, Living
Right: Drawing of Metcalf Mill, on Hobson
Branch Road, at the Forks of Ivy, north
Buncombe County, NC. (Artist unknown)
Doyle Howie proposed marriage  to
Phena Shepherd as they were sitting on
the porch near the steps, resting from
their walk down Hobson Branch Road  
from the Shepherd home.

This is a detail from the drawing on a
surviving meal bag, given to Phena by her
brother Jack.

See the meal bag, and more
about the mill.
WNC Timeline

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www.childers-shepherd.org, 8 May 2009