Marty and Karla Grant

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Ruth Malinda Sherrill

Ruth Malinda Sherrill

Female 1924 - 2010  (86 years)   Has 59 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name Ruth Malinda Sherrill
    Birth 28 Feb 1924  Graham Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female
    _UID A2D7888DD2DAD4118AC44445535400009D4E 
    Death 23 Apr 2010  Graham Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4872  Marty and Karla Grant
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2013

    Father Albert M Sherrill,   b. 17 Jul 1896, Graham Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1986, Graham Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Mother Amanda Elizabeth Wiggins,   b. 6 Dec 1897, Graham Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jan 1987, Graham Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Marriage 1910/1920  Graham Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID 5C90348D43C9044FBA082585D5231D63F0C0 
    Family ID F933  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Carrel Horace Nichols,   b. 23 Jun 1926, Cherokee Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 May 1999, Robbinsville, Graham Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    _UID EA0973ACC5026C45AFA9B53D581C838A55EE 
    Family ID F3271  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Aug 2026

  • Notes 
    • !NOTES:Marty Grant's 3rd cousin, 2 times removed.;


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      !NOTES:B/D and fullname from "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000", Ancestry.com;


      !CENSUS:1930 Graham Co., NC Cheoah # 137/139
      Albert Sherrill head 33 M 19 NC-NC-NC Farmer
      Lizzie wife 31 M 17
      Joyce dau 11
      Mike son 9
      Dorothy dau 7
      Ruth dau 6
      Mary dua 4 6/12
      Helen dau 1 10/12;


      !OBIT:Thursday, April 29, 2010 7:48 AM CDT
      Ruth Nichols
      Ruth Sherrill Nichols, age 86, of Robbinsville, went home to be with the Lord Friday, April 23, 2010 at her residence, while surrounded by her family.

      A native of Graham County, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Elizabeth Wiggins Sherrill. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Carrel Nichols in May of 1999; her grandsons, Cale Hill in 1995, and Dion Crisp in 1991, and an infant grandson.

      She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Nick and Leta Nichols and Casey and Huelena Nichols, all of Robbinsville; her daughters and sons-in-law, Carolyn and Claude Crisp of McDonough, Ga., Judy and Michael Hill of Dawsonville, Ga., and Margaret and Jimmy Orr, Cathern and Buddy Adams, and Nancy and Ricky Waldroup, all of Robbinsville; 15 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandchild.

      Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 25 at Bear Creek Baptist Church, where she was a lifelong member. The Revs. Lennox Hedrick and Wayne McGuire officiated. Her grandsons honored their grandmother by serving as pallbearers. Burial followed at Bear Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. The family received friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 24 at Bear Creek Baptist Church.

      Townson-Smith Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. An online register is available at www.townson-smithfuneralhome.com.


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