Martha Phillips Shapard Obituary
In loving memory of Martha Phillips Shapard (Griffin, Georgia), who departed this world on April 12, 2024 at the age of 80. Martha Phillips leaves behind a legacy remembered by family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
As we bid Martha Phillips farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Martha Phillips is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Oliver Phillips and Marguerite Phillips; her husband William H. Shapard; and her sister Carol [Randy] Acklin. She is survived by: her daughter Jamie [Becky Rafter] Roberts; her stepchildren, Sally [Mark] Peek, Emily [Don] King and William [Elise] H. Shapard, Jr.; and her siblings, Jim Phillips and Gloria [Joel] Burns. She is also survived by three nieces, two nephews, three grand-nieces, one grand-nephew, and nine step-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers contributions in her name can be made to Griffin Area Habitat for Humanity and/or the Griffin Historical Society.
