If she was your friend, you had a friend for life. Sherri was a devoted wife, mother and daughter who had a loving heart. Sherri was an avid Duke basketball fan and she loved the beach, especially spending time there with her family. She was also a talented artist and loved creating works of art for her family and friends. Sherri loved music, especially classical rock, and she attended many concerts over her lifetime. She loved her students and treated them as if they were her own children. Sherri found her niche when she became a local coordinator with American Cultural Exchange Services (ACES), providing supervision for international exchange students while they attended school in the United States. Sherri worked for Alltel and American Airlines and was a natural born salesperson, like her father. Sherri moved with her parents to North Carolina in 1967 and graduated from Wake Forest High School and attended East Carolina University in Greenville. She is also survived by her aunts, Gloria Johnston of Virginia Beach, VA and Mary Lou Blakely of Raleigh and her cousins, Angela Marsh of Alexandria, VA and Donnie and Andy Reich of Virginia Beach, VA.
Sherri is survived by her husband of 33 years, Ron Brown, and their children, Daniel, Cameron and Allison Brown of Raleigh her father, Curtis Phelps and his wife, Nell, of Four Oaks and a stepsister, Ginger Worrell of Middlesex.
In addition to her mother, Sherri was preceded in death by her maternal and paternal grandparents and by her uncle, Tommy Cooke. Sherri was born in Washington, DC on Apto Curtis and the late Alecia “Cookie” Cooke Phelps. Sherri Phelps Brown, 56, passed away unexpectedly on Decemat her home in Raleigh. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church, 520 West Holding Ave, Wake Forest NC 27587, or a charity of your choice.Ī service of Bright Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Wake Forest, NC. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Transitions LifeCare, 250 Hospice Circle, Raleigh NC 27607, Of Living Stones Building Fund, St. We celebrated Watson’s life at a graveside service at Wake Forest Cemetery, 400 North White Street, Wake Forest on Monday, January 3, 2022. His great-grandchildren are Wilks Casper, June Casper, Watson Markwood, and Mabel Markwood. Wilkinson IV (wife, Laurie) and William (Billy) Hall Wilkinson (wife, Gretchen) his grandchildren, Mary Wilkinson Casper (husband, Billy), William Hall Wilkinson Jr., Emily Wilkinson Markwood (husband, David), Mason Wilkinson, and Mitchell Wilkinson. Watson is survived by his sons, Robert (Bob) W. He was active with the Wake Forest College Birthplace Society and was a lifelong member of St. Always quick-witted and entertaining, he loved people and delighted in being a prankster.ĭuring his career, Watson served as the Wake Forest Postmaster, CEO of Wake Forest Federal Savings and Loan, and after retirement served on their board of directors. They married in 1950 and raised three sons in Wake Forest. Betty Ann was his blind date to a fraternity formal. He is a 1948 graduate of Wake Forest College where he belonged to Sigma Pi Fraternity and loved his Demon Deacons. His grandfather was a town merchant and his father a town medical doctor. Watson was a proud Wake Forest native and a third-generation resident. and Estelle Fontan Wilkinson, in heaven on December 20, 2021. Robert Watson Wilkinson III of Wake Forest joined his wife Betty Ann, his son Clinton Fontan Wilkinson, and his parents, R.W.
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