Charlene Sheppard Ralston died July 25, 2024, at her home in Wilmington. She was the daughter of the late Charles S. and Sarah J. Parks of Greenwood.
Ralston was a 1971 graduate of Woodbridge High School, Bridgeville, and in 2016 earned a degree in human services from Springfield College, Springfield., Mass. She worked for two decades at Libby’s Restaurant in downtown Wilmington, retiring in 2022.
She attended the St. Patrick’s Center in Wilmington, where she had many friends.
She is survived by two children, Carl Sheppard, Dover, and Rashida Morris, Seaford; a sister, Cambe Noble, Pikeville, Tenn.; two brothers, Timothy Parks, Seaford, and Thomas Parks, Bangkok, Thailand; and eight grandchildren, Quran Nasir Guy Sheppard, Josiah Ross, Carl A. Sheppard. Jr., Mekhi Antonio Sheppard, Klohe Charlene Joanna Sheppard, Zion Steven Joeseph Sheppard, Asayshia Alema Houchens and Tayasia Lynn Harris.
There will be no services.