Fifteenth Generation

517. Helen Marie DAY²⁷⁰ was born on 6 Nov 1919 anddied on 14 Jun 1994.

Helen Marie DAY and Walter Russell SHERRILL were married on 24 Apr 1937. Walter Russell SHERRILL²⁷⁰ (son of James Edward SHERRILL and Gussie Lou MILLER) was born on 20 Sep 1917 in Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina and died on 15 Feb 1991 in Auburn, Gwinnett County, Georgia. His ahes were spread in the mountains of North Carolina on 17 Feb 1991.

Walter Russell Sherrill, besides being my father-in-law, was the finest person I have ever known. I first met him at West Hickory Baptist Church where for many years he gave unending service to the church. He was a Royal Ambassador leader when I, as a 11 year old met him. Walter was very instrumental in the lives of many young people at the church. He served as a Sunday School Teacher, Deacon, Sunday School Superintendent and as a Layman minister. He went to many churches in the area to preach as well as at West Hickory Baptist Church. The church today is in large part due to his labors. Walter for years was superintendent of Hafer Hosiery Mill in Hickory North Carolina. He left Hafer's to run Brown's Hosiery Mill in the Viewmont area of Hickory. He did this until 1963, when he was being under minded by the owner, Zeb Brown's two children. They over ruled Walter many times and Zeb went along with his children. Walter came home one day and told Helen "We are moving to Florida, I have had all I am willing to put up with the Brown family". They sold their home and moved to Florida. He wasn't there long until he opened a business. He bought out a paint store, and added towels,lady hose and socks to the inventory. He would buy 50 lb boxes of seconds from some of the hosiery mills in Hickory. He and Helen would go through them and match them up by size and colors, put them in small plastic bags and sell them for .15 cents a pair. Lady's hose made up a very large part of the sales. He did this for several years. When his son Robert "Bobby" Sherrill got out of the US Air Force and came to help out in the business. They bought a men's clothing store in downtown Melbourne to expand the business. Unfortunately The economy made a down turn and a lot of people lost jobs in the area. They liquidated the business and Walter retired. He did work for a while for a convince store near his home just to have something do. Walter and Helen moved to the Atlanta area when his son was transferred there by a Electronics Company he was working for. He died in a Athens Georgia Hospital. Walter always loved the mountains. He had always told the family "I do not want the family going through the grieving with a funeral. The family can gather if they desire but I want to be cremated and have my ashes spread in the mountains of North Carolina, the most beautiful place I have ever seen". These wishes were carried out. Alice and I took Walter's ashes and Alice spread them on Grandfather Mountain. [Kay Louise Sherrill McDaniels]

Helen Marie DAY and Walter Russell SHERRILL had the following children: