Shapard H. Pryor, born February 23rd, 1932 in Arkansas, was a professional baseball player from 1953-1954. Biography Pryor with Fort Smith in 1953. Pryor attended Arkansas State University. Pryor died on September 19th, 1995 in Jonesboro, AR.1 He was buried in Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery in Jonesboro.2 Stats Statistics at Baseball-Reference.com. 1 Social Security Death Index. 2 Pryor's FindaGrave.com page.