DR. ERICA JOSEPH JACOBS SHEPHERD - Age 72, of Dalton, Georgia passed away Monday, August 29, 2022. She was born on February 20, 1950, in Cleveland, Ohio. She took guidance under Bishop Edwin Pete as her spiritual father and was the Pastor of Jesus Believers Church. She was the founder of Ted Line Ministries where she mentored and spread the gospel of deliverance. Dr. Erica Shepherd was a Captain in the United States Army and was Honorably Discharged. She enjoyed traveling and interior decorating in her spare time. She is preceded in death by her parents, Willie Jacobs and Constance Love Jacobs, brother, Brian Keith Jacobs, nephew, Brain Keith Jacobs II, great nephew, Darius Buchanan, and sister-in-law, Karen Jacobs.

She is survived by her loving and devoted husband of twenty-four years, Joseph D. Shepherd; sisters, Karen Douglas and Gwendolyn Jacobs; nieces, Sheena (Darren) Buchanan and Erina (Calvin) Sims; nephew, Keith (Toi) Darnell; great nephew and great niece, Daron Buchanan and Brionna Jacobs; a host of cousins, in-laws, other relatives, friends, and the Ted Line Family.

Memorial Service will be Wednesday, September 7, 2022, at 11:00 A. M. at the Willis Funeral Home Chapel. Arrangements by Willis Funeral Home, Inc., Dalton, Georgia.