Oklahoman Archives
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
June 15, 1989, pg 18

Sherrell, Jesse Maurice, 71, died Monday. Services 11 am today (Bill _Eisenhour Southeast).

Oklahoman Archives
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
June 14 ,1989, pg

Jesse Maurice, age 71, MWC, died Monday, June 12, 1989. He was born July 5, 1917 in Rogers, Ar. He retired as a major with the U.S. Air Force, a veteran of WWII and Korea. He also retired from Tinker AFB. He was a member of the Central United Methodist Church in Rogers, Ar. He was a 32nd degree Mason, member of the Guthrie Consistory, India Temple Shrine and member of the Arab Patrol.

He is survived by his wife, Edna, of 49 years; a son and daughter-in-law, Jesse M. and Joel Sherrell of Kenner, La.; 2 daughters and sons-in-law, Adra Ann and David Bain of MWC and Lisabeth and Mike Morgan, Georgetown, Ky.; a brother, Robert H. Sherrell of Milpitas, Ca.; a sister, Maryetta Aynesworth, Rogers, Ar.; 2 grandchildren, Joel and Jesse Bain. Preceded in death by his parents, A.M. and Lillie Sherrell. Services 11am Thursday, Bill Eisenhour SE Chapel. Burial Arlington Memory Gardens.

 

                                    Oklahoman Archives
  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
  January 4, 2013, pg 12a

 MIDWEST CITY

 Sherrell, Edna Earle Johnson, 93, bookkeeper, died Wednesday. Services 1 p.m.  Tuesday, St. Matthew United Methodist Barnes Friederich, Midwest City).

 

 Oklahoman Archives
 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
 January 6, 2013, pg 22a

Edna Earle Johnson Sherrell, born in Green Forest, AR on March 28, 1919, died January2, 2013, in Midwest City, OK after a short illness. Edna played forward for the Rogers, AR High School girls’ basketball team. She was crowned football queen her senior year. She married her high-school sweetheart, Jesse Maurice Sherrell, in Rogers on July 19, 1940. In 1941, Jess was called from reserve to active duty, and Edna became an Air Force wife. They were stationed in San Antonio, TX; Ft. Lauderdale and Sebring, FL; Fort Knox, KY; Biloxi, MS; Dayton, OH; Wheeler AFB, HI; and finally, Tinker AFB, OK, where they settled with their three children. Edna worked for the phone company for 10 years in Rogers, AR and San Antonio, TX. She also worked for the Hoytuck Corp. in Midwest City as bookkeeper for 15 years. She retired in 1982 to care for Jess after he had a stroke. She volunteered at VA Hospital, Tinker AFB Hospital and St. Matthew United Methodist Church. She was a devoted sports fan and a staunch supporter of her grandsons and great-grandchildren in all their chosen sports from grade school through college. Edna was preceded in death by her parents, Hugh Clayton and Adra Evelyn Skaggs Johnson; sisters, Margaret Perry and Lucy Standridge; brother, Tom Johnson; beloved husband, Jess; and son-in-law, David Bain. She is survived by sister, Barbara Clement, of Austin, TX; son, Jesse Sherrell (Joél), of New Orleans, LA; daughters: Adra Ann Bain, of Midwest City, OK; and Libby Morgan (Mike), of Edmond, OK; grandsons: JoelBain (Megan), of MWC, OK ;and Jesse Bain (fiancée,Courtney Cox), of BrokenArrow, OK; great-grandchildren, .... In her 93years, Edna loved and was loved by many, saw and believed the best in everyone, never said a bad word about anyone, and led by shining example. She graciously accepted whatever life tossed her way. Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, January 8, 2013, at St.Matthew United MethodistChurch, 300 N. Air DepotBlvd., Midwest City, OK. Robert W. Dixon M.D. Burial Arlington Memory Gardens.

Oklahoman Archives
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
June 15, 1989, pg 18

Sherrell, Jesse Maurice, 71, died Monday. Services 11 am today (Bill _Eisenhour Southeast).