Dr. John Richard Shepherd was born November 25, 1936 to Harley and Mary Shepherd and was raised in southern Illinois. He married his wife, Nancy Shepherd, on June 22, 1963 in Pana, Illinois. His army experiences in Chicago, Illinois and Alabama convinced him and his wife to look for a warm dry climate in which to live, and they relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1968.

Judy Smith was born April 4, 1943 and was raised in Barstow, California. She was 15 when her family relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1958. It was a wide, open setting, an ideal location for riding her horse. Smith attended Las Vegas High School, worked for the Las Vegas Sun and earned a scholarship to the University of Nevada Reno. By 1967, she was married and moving back to Las Vegas with her young family. They chose the John S. Park Neighborhood as the place to call home.

Janice Spurlock was born on November 21, 1931. She worked in the Clark County School District, but retired in June 2010. She married Robert Spurlock on June 23, 1990.

Wendy Starkweather was born July 1, 1949 and was raised in rural Ogdensburg, New York. She attended Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York and became a teacher and librarian in New Hampshire. She married her husband, Peter, on August 26, 1972 in Schenectady, New York and the couple moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1978.

Janzon Stewart was born on October 24, 1935. Stewart's grandfather William T. Stewart brought his family to Alamo, Nevada in 1901. His grandfather was an important official with the Union Pacific Railroad and eventually ended up running an old ranch that the railroad owned. This ranch was run by Stewart's grandfather and father, and was a memorable place from his childhood. Stewart did not run the ranch with his father, but instead became a lawyer.

Keny Stewart was born July 18, 1955 in California. He moved from California to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1984 to work as an entertainer. A few years later, he accidentally drove through the John S. Park neighborhood and admired the architecture of the homes and the nostalgic feeling. Soon Stewart was a homeowner there, restoring his investment by becoming a neighborhood association president. Stewart is among the residents of his neighborhood who worked with Yorgo Kagafas to attain its historic designation.

JoNell Thomas was born February 11, 1966 and grew up in Murray, Utah in a large family. She attended college at Utah State and the law school at University of Utah. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1992 and held multiple careers from being a staff attorney with a Las Vegas firm to an attorney with the Clark County Special Public Defender’s office. Thomas, her husband, Billy Logan, and their twin daughters have lived in the John S. Park Neighborhood since 2001.