Bowie, Texas – Dawn Marie Shepard passed away at home in Sunset, TX on September 8, 2017 following a short battle with cancer, she was surrounded by her loving family. Dawn was a cosmetologist when she was younger, then worked in the home health industry for a few years. Her most recent job was taking care of her grandchildren which she enjoyed more than anything. She was a loving, humble, kind hearted woman who would do anything for her mother, children, and grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her father Jerry Shepard in 2008 and her step-father Harold Davis in 2016. She leaves behind four daughters; Kristina Simpson and husband Randall Simpson, Sunset TX; Alicia Sanders and husband Steve Sanders, Bowie TX: Michell Shepard and husband Billy Foster, Bowie TX; Jessica Steinbach, FL; mother Sandra Davis, Lenoir, NC; sisters Cynthia Dorton and husband David Dorton, Lenoir, NC and Jennette Thomas and husband Ronnie Thomas, Fredericksburg, VA; brother Joe Davis and wife Tanya Davis, Fredericksburg, VA. Grandchildren Cassie and Brianna Simpson, Ryan Shepard, Kyler Reno, Destiny Reno, Tyler Allen, Jackson Allen, Lorelai Sanders, Abby Sanders, Austin George, Braxton Foster, Kenzley Foster, Khloey Foster, Bryson Foster; and numerous nieces and nephews. A celebration of life will be in North Carolina at a later date. In Lieu of flowers donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.