Anna Border  Anna Border Sheppard (born December 22, 1952) is an American politician and a Republican member of the West Virginia House of Delegates representing District 9 since her appointment by West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin June 21, 2011, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, Representative Larry Border. Border attended Parkersburg Community College (now the West Virginia University at Parkersburg), and earned her BS from West Virginia University.