L. Wayne Sherrod, age 98, of Garland, Texas, passed away September 30, 2012, in Dallas, Texas. Wayne was born October 16, 1913, in Griffithville, Arkansas, to Charles and William (Annie) Sherrod. He married Margaret Murphy on December 17, 1944, in San Francisco, California. He is survived by his sons, Mike Sherrod and wife, Elizabeth of Temple, Texas and Tim Sherrod and wife, Lisa of Garland, Texas; daughter, Cindy Sherrod and husband, Alan Royce of Manchaca, Texas; sister, Marie Huss of Palm Springs, California. He is also survived by several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret, daughter, Patricia Lynn Sherrod, sister, Eura Patterson and brothers Ben Sherrod and Leo Sherrod.
Colonel Sherrod graduated from Beebe High School, Beebe, Arkansas in 1934 and attended Arkansas A & M University Monticello, Arkansas on a football scholarship. He graduated in 1938 with a BS in Economics.
Wayne retired as a Colonel from The United States Army where he served for thirty years. He was a Pearl Harbor survivor and served in World War II, the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam Conflict where he earned several medals, including the Legion of Merit, Victory in Europe medal and Victory in the Pacific medal. He once said that his favorite time was an Officer Candidate School Company Commander in Fort Benning, Georgia as well as serving as an Executive Officer for the 16th Infantry Regiment of the First Infantry Division (The Big Red One).
In his leisure time Colonel Sherrod enjoyed hunting, fishing, playing golf and poker and betting on the horses.
In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made to the charity of your choice in his name.
Services will be held at 9:00 a.m., Friday, October 5, 2012 at St. Michael’s Chapel #2, Fort Bliss, Texas. Interment with full military honors will follow at Fort Bliss National Cemetery.