Memorials
| Publication year | 2014 |
| Pages | 0264 |
| Citation | Vol. 75 No. 4 Pg. 0264 |
Wayman Gray Sherrer
Wayman Gray Sherrer
Wayman G. Sherrer, 86, of Oneonta, died at his home March 12. Mr. Sherrer is survived by his wife, Betty Rogers Sherrer and two children. A daugther, Elizabeth Sherrer McKee, and Elizabeth's husband, Barry McKee, live in Raleigh, NC, with their children, Margaret Estelle McKee and Benjamin Sherrer McKee. A son, William Jefferson Sherrer, and his wife, Holland White Sherrer, live in Birmingham with their sons, William Jefferson Sherrer, Jr. and Gray Holland Sherrer. Other survivors include his sister, Ruth Sherrer Veasey of Birmingham, and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins.
Mr. Sherrer is a graduate of Woodlawn High School, class of 1946; Howard College (Samford University), class of 1952; and the University of Alabama School of Law, class of 1956.
While at Howard College, Wayman was a member and commander of Sigma Nu fraternity, a charter member of the Howard College chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa and president of his senior class.
Mr. Sherrer served his country as a member of the United States Marine Corps as a member of the military police prior to attending college.
After graduating from law school, Wayman served for six years as a special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Los Angeles and Washington, DC.
In 1962, Mr. Sherrer joined the firm of Johnson & Randall in Oneonta. In 1964, he was elected county solicitor (district attorney) of Blount County for a four-year term.
In 1969, Wayman was appointed United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama in Birmingham. He served in that position until 1977.
Wayman returned to the private practice of law in Oneonta and in 2001 he was joined in the practice by his son. In all, Mr. Sherrer served the legal profession in Alabama for over 50 years.
Mr. Sherrer was a faithful member of Lester Memorial United Methodist Church.
Honorary pallbearers were members of the Blount County Bar Association.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to Lester Memorial United Methodist Church in care of the retired Methodist ministers' housing fund.
Bailey, Hon. Joe S.
Auburn
Admitted: 1979
Died: April 5, 2014
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