Alice Faye Ruffin Sheppard, 70, of New Jersey, formerly of Roxobel, died Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in New Jersey. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 2, 2011 at Sandy Branch Missionary Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Hunter’s Funeral Home, Ahoskie, is handling the arrangements.