When Dippioca Parker was born on 15 March 1885, in Bartow, Polk, Florida, United States, her father, Louis Henry Parker, was 30 and her mother, Lutitia L Sharpe, was 19. She married Isaac Calvin Shepherd , Jr on 18 March 1906, in Polk, Florida, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She lived in Polk, Florida, United States for about 15 years. She died on 29 August 1974, in Plant City, Hillsborough, Florida, United States, at the age of 89.