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Nona G. Drake

Nona Grace "Gramama" Drake, 67, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, passed away Saturday, October 14, 2017.

Nona was born December 11, 1949 in Longview, Texas, to parents Nolan Lefloy and Gracie Auburn Drake. She was nine of 14 children.

Nona married Larry Ralph Shepard August 2, 1970 and had a big family of their own. She is survived by her daughters, Jamie Shepard-Franklin and Janice Shepard; sons, Travis, Troy and Larry, Jr.; daughters-in-law, Lisia, Michelle, Tawnya and Becky; 18 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren with three more on the way; brothers, Timmy, Jimmy, Doug, Ralph, Dennis and Virgil;...