Evelyn Sherrer

Evelyn Rountree Sherrer, age 87, of Selma, died Tuesday April 12, 2011 at Vaughan Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Sherrer retired from the civil service as executive secretary at Craig Air Force Base and was an avid Bridge player and loved her bridge friends dearly. She is survived by her husband J. Tom Sherrer; daughter, Christie Cummings (Roy) of Selma; son, William Bill Daniels (Becki) of Tucson, AZ; granddaughters, Candy Nichols (Lee), Kelly Waters (Terry), Mary Christie Hale (John Brian) and Mallori Hooker (Chad); grandson, Braxton Leroy Cummings (Lauren Smith); three great grandchildren, Landon Nichols, Brooke Waters and John Braxton Hale; step daughter Sandra Purvis (Barney); step grandsons, Ronnie Sherrer,Jason Sherrer, Byron Purvis and Brannon Purvis and her sister, Mary Claire Moncrief of Tupelo, MS.
Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday April 14, 2011 at First Presbyterian Church with Reverend Sid McCollum officiating and Lawrence Brown-Service Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends Thursday from 1-2 p.m. at the church.
Active pallbearers will be Lee Nichols, Terry Waters, John Brian Hale, Ronnie Sherrer, Jason Sherrer and Barney Purvis. Honorary pallbearers will be the members of Mrs. Sherrer���s Bridge club.
Flowers may be sent or memorials can be made to the Presbyterian Home for Children, P.O. Box 577 Talladega, AL 35161 or the Selma-Dallas County Animal Shelter.